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Partial confessions: why it’s better to come clean, totally
… them everything, including perfect freedom, the freedom to choose. They chose to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, even though God told them there would be awful …
Wantonly, casually, we watch the water of life drain away
… I remember the women in the kitchen making chow-chow and pitting cherries from the backyard tree. And I remember the taste of the water. From the faucet, from the garden hose, from the …
Fr. Thomas Berry's memory continues to bloom
… It happens every first of June. The apple tree outside the library window at Green Mountain Monastery in Greensboro, Vt ., bursts forth … passing. Filled with sadness, they looked out the library’s picture window and “noticed a tree bursting with apple blossoms. In that instant it was as if Thomas had made his presence …
Come, follow me: Tweets from @pontifex
… – once. I greet the World School Network for Encounter. Today we plant the first virtual olive tree for peace. @infoscholas — Pope Francis (@Pontifex) March 19, 2014 Mostly, Pope Francis uses …
Organization lifts up leaders to become community problem-solvers
… apartment complex. But if she did nothing, she risked losing her family's apartment on a quiet tree-lined street that was close to her children's school. "I begged people -- I can't do this …
Documentary explores historical costs of 'surviving progress'
… and clear cut by logging companies. At one point, the camera closes in on a half standing tree, with a lone dying insect, struggling to hang on, trembling, shaking and trying to figure …
Pope Francis calls for 'courage' toward peace between Israel, Palestine
… invocations for peace, a handshake as a sign of peace and the planting of a symbolic olive tree in the Vatican gardens. Assessing the value of the Vatican event during a briefing Friday in …
The Holy Land Principles: a powerful tool for justice and peace
… Bartholomew I of Constantinople, spiritual head of Orthodox Christians, planted an olive tree, a symbol of peace and hope. No walls separated them as they prayed together. Afterward, …
RCs vs. Libertarianism, Part II
… content of a university’s core mission of educating, then we have missed the forest for the trees. We are having the video of the conference edited, and collecting the texts from the …
Vatican Mideast 'prayer summit' includes three faiths, olive tree planting
… prayers in the traditions of all three Abrahamic faiths and a symbolic planting of an olive tree, the Vatican announced Friday. Besides Israel's Shimon Peres and Palestine's Mahmoud Abbas, … and Abbas. Afterwards, the four leaders will all shake hands and then plant together an olive tree, long held as a symbol of peace and wisdom. The four will then proceed to a small courtyard …
Evangelizing actors ignite mission flame
… like Maryknoll, but even more so for mobile and agile groups like Still Point. Like a tree with solid roots in good earth, the solid trunk supplies strength and stability, but the …
Take a breath of gratitude on a day of remembrance
… the majority of them landing in darkness, many of them blown off course, others caught in trees, swamps or impaled on a church steeple. The final tally was a 10 percent casualty rate …
Next Week's USCCB Mtg & The Ad Hoc Cmte on Religious Liberty
… We have lost the forest of helping the poor by providing them access to health care for the trees of conscience clauses. I think conscience clauses are important, but I do not think they …
India: Another day, another rape
… return . Their fathers found them the next morning, hanged by their head scarves from a mango tree. Yes, they were dead. Of course, they were raped. Two hundred million persons live in their …
Will the Vatican step up and hold bishops accountable?
… of Opus Dei, to fume in a weekly radio address : “Let’s not make firewood out of a fallen tree.” Miranda was the first member of the hierarchy subjected to criminal procedure under …
Jesus spends a little time with his kitchen - and kitchen cabinet
… -- olives grow on trees and taste terrible, though better than the trees themselves. But they can be squished into olive oil, which is full of anti-inflammatories …
Memorial Day doesn't stand out for those who never forget the fallen
… at the edge of the property that bumps up to the city streets. There are a few massive oak trees, some old picnic tables, grills and rusted lawn chairs alongside the garden's wooden …
Francis: Caring for the earth a thank-you note to God
… Recycling an aluminum can. Planting new trees. Flipping off the light switch. All can act as thank-you notes to God. So said Pope …
It's OK to despair and swear at God
… living in San Francisco I felt like the whole world was conspiring against me: buildings, trees, people. It was a rough time in my life." "Been there. Done that. We all have. Thanks for …
Does Pope Francis know Cardinal Müller uses the sex abuse playbook against LCWR?
… of accusations makes one wonder if he has a Bismarck hiding in the high branches of his family tree. NCR described his rant as "the most direct and confrontational language since the Vatican … while some of the bishops most critical of her got indigestion from trying to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Wondering aloud if the leadership conference has "the … position, second nature to an inveterate cleric who has climbed to a high position on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, as he employs a style through which he "lords it over" …