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Lasting bonds: Vatican invites extended families to join pilgrimage
… of keeping intact the bonds between the beginning of life and the end of life. After all, a tree without roots is a tree without leaves and without fruit; it's just a trunk and that's sad to see." Highlighting the …
In global fight against fracking, faith community should lead
… removal went forward. Still, what had been a beautiful landscape became hugely deformed. Trees, brush and mounds of soil were pushed and deposited into rivers and streams, polluting …
'Doing nothing' a place of surprising activity
… spaces throughout the world. One steamy day in Bodh Gaya, India, while standing near the tree where Siddhartha first sat still and saw with the eye of his soul, Harrison realized: "There …
Catholic congresswoman Lindy Boggs dies at 97
… Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, who sang “Ave Maria” at the Aug. 1 Mass, heralded her as an oak tree with roots as deep as the nation itself who provided branches to rest on, shade to protect …
Who Should Be Barred From Catholic Forums?
… manner of a farmer, planted a paradise eastward in Eden, and set in it a visible and palpable tree of life, of such a sort that anyone who tasted its fruit with his bodily teeth would gain …
Marking the Hiroshima, Nagasaki bombing anniversaries in New Mexico
… leaving, I noticed the beautiful suburban neighborhood surrounding Dachau. The houses, green trees, streets, shrubs, shops -- it could have been any suburb in the U.S., and it was right next … It's also one of the most stunning locations in North America: the steep red cliffs, the pine trees, the Rio Grande down below, the distant mountains. And on the mesa, this beautiful, normal …
Jonah and the mission of peace (part 3)
… it's much more pleasant to be people of peace and nonviolence than sitting under a dead gourd tree, nursing our rage, feeling depressed and begging for death. The story of Jonah exposes the …
Pope on homosexuals: 'Who am I to judge?'
… to work in a parish. As always, the ones who aren't saints make the most noise ... a single tree falling makes a sound, but a whole forest growing doesn't." …
The model of Gaviotas, a sustainable village
… with aluminum, so food is grown in hydroponic gardens. Experiments in 1982 suggested that pine trees would grow on the millions of acres of grassland. Villagers planted 10,000 seedlings the … mild breeze windmills, low-energy deep-well pumps, resin and other bioproducts from the pine trees. Gaviotas has many friends telling its story. Yes magazine published a long account of the …
Become a friend of Jesus, and Jesus will fill you with blessings
… a chance to rest and wash their feet and then have something to eat; rest in the shade of the tree." This story -- if we're going to understand the deepest meaning of it, we have to go back …
Sights and sounds of the papal trip
… setting indeed, with the mountains looming in the background and a courtyard framed by palm trees and fountains. On a sunny day, it would have been a delight; Thursday, however, it was a … shock troops to drive people out.) I eventually spotted a patch of dry ground under some leafy trees and set up shop there while waiting for the pope to arrive. The photo above, taken by one …
An open-door policy
… Let some water be brought, that you may bathe your feet, and then rest yourselves under the tree. Now that you have come this close to your servant, let me bring you a little food, that you …
Abortion & Conscience
… even when the fetus is only a zygote, it is still not an acorn and will not grow into an oak tree. The fact that nature washes away many fertilized eggs should make us cautious about being …
Her death still hurts, but it is better now
… first, grief emotions attacked from everywhere. There was anger in my oatmeal, regret in the trees in my neighbor's backyard, depression drove my car to the grocery store, and frustration …
Cost concerns loom for pope's Brazil trip
… cases, controversy has been stirred in environmentally sensitive Brazil by efforts to cut down trees to accommodate World Youth Day events. Especially in a country already on edge because of a … space-clearing efforts in two World Youth Day venues that involved plans to cut down trees have also sparked concern. In the Serra da Tiririca national park, 334 trees were reportedly removed from an Atlantic rainforest in order to accommodate a gathering of …
Summer mysteries born of earth, air, water and fire
… went as wild as he was, that everything would have worked out differently and no blackened trees or scorched runway would be left as the traces of the Mysterium Tremendum et Fascinans (the …
Summer camp gives Palestinian children joy in a conflict-filled life
… The adult monitors lose sight of the kids for a while as they round a bend past a grove of trees. Then there is a phone call from two other volunteers in At-Tuwani. They have sighted the …
Ohio couple's garden brings beauty, mystery to backyard
… and a totally different scene emerges. This is a garden primeval. The expanse of bushes, trees, flowers and ferns is immediately overwhelming. The eyes pick up an unexpected pop of color …
Bamboo coffins help curb deforestation in India
… 98 percent of the state’s population is Christian, many of whom use expensive teak and sal trees for coffins because of their durability and high density. But the association, who launched … impact on the environment, Vanlalruata argues that this "largest grass" grows faster than any tree and thus would take less time to replenish. He adds that many coffin makers are beginning to …
Camp St. Charles a place to experience God and his creation
… in Lanham spent weeks clearing away much of the dense undergrowth and groves of locust trees that covered the land. Living conditions were primitive. Shower facilities consisted of … There is a petting zoo on the campgrounds. Before it blew down in a bad storm, an old locust tree, dubbed by one of the priests as "The Listening Tree," was the gathering place for kids and …