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… dreadlocked Jesus” proves there is good in me. But this image of Jesus with skin and hair like mine does more than demonstrate good; it reveals the existence of holiness, perfection and …

… a kind of “counterspirituality” that yields abominable practices like mountain-top removal mining in order to provide us with the electricity we need for air-conditioning in places like …

… sense that my well-being is directly tied to yours; your pain is my pain; your dreams are mine." Carla Mae Streeter, professor emerita of the Aquinas Institute of Theology, says the …

… convicts us: "When you have done it for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you have done it for me." I've never liked the English word "least" there because it seems …

… from people's way of life to the environmental and social impact of mountaintop removal coal mining and hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, she said. "It's directly from the people to the … is the sixth story in a six-part Catholic News Service series examining mountaintop removal mining and poverty in Appalachia​. Check   …

… There are many places where the curse of existence seems to outweigh the blessing of life. The mining sector of the Democratic Republic of Congo is such a place. I have been in Kolwezi, a mining area in south Katanga Province, DRC, in the past and returned there in August. Knowing … of structural inhumanity, they help children and families to make difficult choices between mine work and participation in various programs for learning and self-sufficiency.  …

… found themselves, however, to be part of a group challenging the expansion of a surface coal mine near the home and a state forest used by birdwatchers, hikers, bikers and scouting groups. … and the permit the agency issued in May to allow Keystone Industries to expand surface mining for coal on Middlelick Mountain on the perimeter of the Kanawha State Forest. They learned … rules that govern surface mining. The churches said the lives of miners working at surface mines and residents near such operations must be the highest priority. "Mountaintop removal …

… A strikingly beautiful leg of West Virginia Route 3 passes through one of the richest coal mining areas of the country. Winding along the Big Coal River south of Charleston, Route 3 passes through several historical mining communities: Seth, Sylvester, Whitesville, Montcoal. Small homes, some badly needing … black granite memorial honoring the 29 workers killed in the April 5, 2010 Upper Big Branch mine explosion a few miles south of town. It was the worst U.S. mining disaster in 40 years.   On …

… the truth, but he spoke with authority. He said than he had seen a young neighbor of mine, Victor, get out of the driver's seat of a stolen car. Victor's account was that he was …

… The mountaintop tract is a natural oasis in a part of Mingo County that is dominated by coal mining. JASMER is surrounded by several mining operations. The road up to Big Laurel passes railroad tracks used by long coal trains, … is the third story in a six-part Catholic News Service series examining mountaintop removal mining and poverty in Appalachia​. Check   …

… "The words we say to each other, the vows we make, mine included, are words on a journey." On Saturday, Nov. 1, Rockhurst University and National …

… call state-sponsored terrorism. The tea party is much cleverer in concealing the "I've got mine, Jack" mentality of social Darwinism and disguising hatred for a black president behind a …

… chapter of Matthew, in which Jesus says: "Whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me." At the end of his speech, which lasted more than half an hour, the pope …

… story is a supplement to a six-part Catholic News Service series examining mountaintop removal mining and poverty in Appalachia​. Check   …

… However, local residents saw little, if any, of the riches as outside interests developed the mining industry. While workers successfully campaigned for the right to join the United Mine Workers of America in the 1920s and 1930s, the industry has taken steps to reduce union … shows that in 2013 coal employed 19,427 people. At its peak in 1940, employment in the mines reached 130,457, statistics from the West Virginia Office of Miners' Health Safety and …

… a few weeks earlier heavy equipment was remaking the landscape. Then, he said, noise from the mining activity echoed over the mountains. "You could hear the scrapers. They were doin' a lot of … onetime mining company security guard, Walk, 24, said he quit after seeing the disregard that mine managers had for state and federal regulations and worker safety. "My people have been in … is th e first story in a six-part Catholic News Service series examining mountaintop removal mining and poverty in Appalachia​. Check back at  E co Catholic   for the rest of the series, or …

… conflicts; 6 million have been left disabled; tens of thousands mutilated by anti-personnel mines," Auza said. "Too many children still lack sufficient food and housing," he continued. In …

… Catholics hold mass rallies in demanding an annulment of mining permits …

When the eighth-century prophet Isaiah had a harsh truth to communicate to his contemporaries, he wrapped his message in a ballad -- a love song that told of God's love and Israel's repeated infidelity. He warned of judgment and well-deserved punishment, but he sang of these realities, and thereby created an opening in the hearts of those who might otherwise have turned a deaf ear. Similarly,…, Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Isaiah 5:1-7 Psalm 80 Philippians 4:6-9 Matthew 21:33-43 Isaiah's ballad and Jesus' parable are stories, and stories have been a vitally important aspect of the human experience from the very beginning. As William J. Bausch has noted, stories define our humanity, lend identity to tribes and nations, ask our questions, pose our problems, cut us down to size and dangle mystery before our eyes (…

… limiting carbon pollution, but also a region with sea level rise issues on the coast and coal mines further inland. “They are ripe for the debate,” he said. As for Ohio, Ellis cited its …