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Fr. Jerome LeDoux, revered New Orleans pastor, dies at 88
… him in an earlier conversation, "but you will not change any minds and you have not changed mine." Obedient to the archbishop, LeDoux left to become a pastor near Ft. Worth, eventually …
Long prison sentences make things worse, not better
… triggers the mandatory minimums. Even if the third crime is 15 years later, like one client of mine who had been off parole for years but stole a lawn mower to support his drug habit. He was …
Historians take 'long view' on Catholic sex abuse crisis
… — has prevented an accurate analysis, though Osborne thinks more could be done to mine court records, bishops' correspondence and other sources. Survivors' oral testimonies and …
Effort removes thousands of landmines from site of Jesus' baptism
… responsible for the deaths of three quarters of a million people. Halo Trust, a U.K.-based de-mining group that operates in 27 countries and territories around the world, has led de-mining … According to the Wall Street Journal, there are approximately 35 square miles of land with mines in Israel and the West Bank, especially in the Golan Heights and along the borders. The … officials announced in mid-December 2018. Marcel Aviv, the head of the Israel National Mine Action Authority, a branch of the Defense Ministry, said he hopes they will finish the work …
Deacon: From wildfires come acts of kindness for those trying to recover
… the time to bring valuable parish records with them. "Compared to what other people lost, mine is just little," said Xavier, who was installed at the parish only five months ago. "I don't …
New documentary chronicles a grassroots Catholic 'magisterium'
… members to eastern Kentucky to witness what Rauch calls a "mineral colony" where coal mining has enriched many but has also caused misery and destruction. A local couple, Elaine …
Christmas: 'Give them cups of tea, as you have given me'
… upon reaching Bangladesh, attempted to push on across toward India. Meanwhile, to a friend of mine in Shariatpur, 12 hours distant from the refugee camps, I inquired: "Have you seen any …
People's Pastoral from Appalachia is subject of new documentary
… together for an annual retreat. "Through that networking came opportunities to oppose strip mining, to work for the elimination of black lung, [for] safety in the mines, various things like that," she explains. Davies emphasizes how critical listening has been … documentary is a dark one. The pastoral letters are not heeded. Fracking is introduced. Strip mining gives way to mountain-top removal, which is described as "strip mining on steroids." It …
COP24 opens in Poland with science clear, ambition hazy on climate
… change conference, COP24, began Dec. 2 in Katowice, Poland, a historical center of coal mining in a country that leads Europe in coal production. While the fuel source has spurred …
It's not over: Your thoughts on our open letter to bishops
… People are much more sophisticated than in the days of "pay, pray and obey." A past pastor of mine had a quote that so fits this disaster, "Institutions have a propensity for evil when they …
Religious leaders in Colombia form coalition to defend rainforests
… with indigenous people to build up their capacity to defend forests from "irrational" oil and mining projects. Leaders said they would be advocates for environmental consciousness. "We need … massive concentration of plants and trees, but these ecosystems are increasingly threatened by mining, illegal logging, oil drilling and agriculture. A recent study conducted by the University …
You might not see her, but she is right here
… I could not inspire my Mom to change her self-destructive habits, and I had a choice about mine. At some point, when I was very short, I put my hands on my chubby hips and made one of …
God made the world for all, not for a few
… But I can also tell you about a local bishop. He died a few years ago, a very close friend of mine: Bishop Ken Untener , the bishop of Saginaw [Michigan]. When he first went to Saginaw and … into being to be the gift for all of us. If we get that understanding that it's not really mine, it's a gift, then we begin to understand we have to find ways so that everyone shares in …
'Listen to the heart of our people,' Sr. Teresa Maya tells US bishops
… until something concrete happened. Then I realized: This was my church. And wondered what was mine to do." …
100 years after World War I's armistice, recounting the human cost 'over there'
… an all-metal fighter aircraft and a heavy bomber. Both the Allies and the Central Powers used mines, gas, shrapnel, torpedoes, machine guns, heavy artillery and grenades to finish off one …
NCR Podcast: New approaches to the opioid crisis
… Eisenstadt-Evans reported on two Catholic sisters working in the gritty depths of the strip-mining South and in a university town in the Midwest to create a future in which opioid addicts …
Portrait of Trump supporters misses key questions
… adds, "This area has a big distaste for illegal immigration because most of the people in the mines were legal European immigrants." This implies that yesterday's immigrants were uniformly … the secret Irish labor society the Molly Maguires, whose tactics included "attacks against mine bosses … beatings and murders." Given the prominence of Catholicism in this region, it might …
Links for 10/30/18
… with disabilities compete in sports with their peers . Shriver has long been a hero of mine, a man who sows solidarity wherever he goes. And, part of the secret to his leadership is he …
Latinos could transform faith's role in US politics
… the church, to know who the best candidate is. That's a lay citizen's responsibility and it's mine as a citizen as well." St. Luke's pastor, Fr. Marcus McFadin, told NCR, "If you get up there …
Bishops press for violence-free campaign as Congo crisis escalates
… delays in holding the elections have kept investment on the sidelines — the passing of a new mining code that is stricter on corporates has not helped." He emphasized that the "humanitarian …