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Poetry provides spiritual nourishment in these sparest days of Lent
… world: Are we perhaps here in order to say: house, bridge, fountain, gate, pitcher, fruit tree, window ... Praise this world to the angel, not the unsayable one, you won't impress him …
The beauty and eccentricity of Piero, a neglected Renaissance artist
… death. Townsend notes that Passion imagery proliferates throughout the work, from a blasted tree that refers to the wood of the cross to thorns, to an actual cross staff. "These are very, …
Immigrants in detention centers 'feel besieged'
… Karnes is southeast of the city -- both in remote, isolated areas. While Karnes has grass and trees, Dilley is described by those who have been there as desolate, with a landscape of dirt and …
Act the part, and the feeling will follow
… the Rolling Stones asked. All these emotions, doubts and questions are branches on the same tree: feeling inadequate. Experiencing a sense that we are lacking on a most elemental level. …
Zaytuna College recognized as first accredited Muslim college in the US
… Keyes said. But even with its accreditation, Zaytuna -- the Arabic word for the olive tree -- remains unique among American colleges and universities. It requires students to learn …
Missouri set to execute intellectually-disabled inmate
… before Thanksgiving 1996, when he was shot in the forehead. His vehicle was found against a tree with the engine running. Castetter died at a hospital the next day. The Guardian reported: …
Vatican abandons illustration of statue of bound woman on event website
… " and replaced it with an illustration of a dark 15th-century painting, " Madonna of the Dry Tree " by Flemish artist Petrus Christus. Now used on the council's website to illustrate the … defense, replacing it with an illustration of the tiny painting of Mary standing on a dead tree trunk surrounded by dead branches and holding the Christ child. …
Cambodian Killing Fields, yesterday and today
… axes and hoes. Some bled to death, their necks cut with the sharp leaves from local palm trees. Executioners took children by the feet and smashed their heads against the trunk of a large tree. Bodies were then buried in mass graves, some 400 or more in a grave. To ensure certain … landscape. Visitors are asked to watch a 15-minute documentary before visiting the graves. The tree, against which uncounted children’s lives ended, is a particularly chilling site. Memorial …
Morning Briefing
… sites. Psychology textbook on cooperation grew out of projects planting flowers and trees: …
Vietnamese Benedictine seeks new religious order after prohibition from working with drug addicts
… Many of them returned to the church and joined religious orders. They plant vegetables, fruit trees, and bonsai and raise pigs, fish, and poultry for their food. They also produce rosaries, …
Review: "The Church in the Modern World" Part II
… they are looking at have a reality of their own. To the person on the lower floor, the tree may loom large and to the person on the fortieth floor it may appear puny. But, with further investigation, we can determine the truth of how large the tree is. And, all the time we are looking at the tree, making it the object of our knowledge, making it “the known,” the tree is still busy being …
Morning Briefing
… Alabama church ties scarves, hats and gloves around trees for those 'stuck out in the cold' …
Kathy Kelly: An essay from federal prison
… thought of my younger self, this morning, while gazing out of a third floor window at fields, trees and farms outside. In 1989, when this prison was a maximum security prison for women, I …
Real freedom is giving of yourself, over and over again
… spending his days caring for others. In a lovely montage , he catches a kid who falls out of a tree, changes a flat tire for some elderly ladies, and saves a man’s life with the Heimlich …
Mercy sister: We can make things better with the spirit of Catholic social teaching
… of Nazareth, with 140 other people and a fair number of deer, birds, squirrels, and 1,600 trees live on campus in this county (Nelson). It's one of three designated as Kentucky's Catholic …
Vacc-Insanity
… of the Gold Standard, which many libertarians also embrace, or the idea that mammoth new trees can be genetically created to deal with climate change. Libertarianism seems almost …
Al-Qaida, Islamic State have led to misperceptions of Muslims
… the harming of women, children and invalids, the demolishing of houses and even the burning of trees. Responsibility for correcting misrepresentations of Islam falls primarily on moderate …
Italian filmmakers: 'Life can be very different...things can change'
… Paul. Luca: He quoted Saint Paul about bad times [2000 years ago], and he gave a metaphor, “A tree that falls makes more noise than a forest that grows.” And that was perfect. It was the …
MSW Responds to Professor George
… sense of affinity with an embryo, an embryo is not an acorn and will not grow up to be an oak tree. So, it is I, not the Church, who makes that argument. And, I find it is sometimes … And, Freeman Dyson hopes that we can solve the problem by genetically engineering really big trees that would soak up all the excess carbon dioxide. This idea might prove possible … worldwide, who would pay the price is Professor Dyson’s genetically engineered super trees fail. If Professor George wishes to spend the rest of the year impersonating William …
Putting our money where our faith is by divesting from fossil fuels
… and the most vulnerable will continue to suffer increased health problems from pollution. The trees, animals and even rocks groan, waiting for the children of God to do and say what their …