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… and I think, "My, what a great mess of stuff we black '80s babies must be." Our parents -- mine a few years older than many of my friends' folks -- grew into adulthood when the history I'm …

… the seasonal monsoons. The South African troops were better trained than the opposition, but mines and booby traps took a toll on the troops. "We did a lot with little in the way of …

… Full disclosure: Sr. Simone Campbell, the executive director of NETWORK, is a dear friend of mine. In the doctrinal assessment, he singled out NETWORK for paying insufficient attention to …

… here to support one another. My faith life will strengthen yours; your faith life strengthens mine. We come together to celebrate our Eucharist, our other sacraments. We come together as …

… moraine is exceptional since most glacial hills in the area have been altered by farming, mining or building. Manresa's property is the rare site that has maintained its pre-European … was the largest man-made structure in the world. Other parts of the island have been victim to mining and bulldozing, and numerous abandoned factory buildings have reduced some of the island's …

… bury me first. A desert will take over, but when you die, our boys will put your ashes next to mine and a spring will bubble up and a fountain even more wondrous than the one with your ashes …

… carry. Other countries, of course, don't record their trade in small arms at all. A friend of mine is fond of saying we exert more control over the international shipment of bananas than …

… in health care benefits for thousands of retired coal miners and their dependents. The United Mine Workers of America, Patriot Coal, and Peabody Energy announced a global preliminary … for thousands of retirees who earned those benefits though years of labor in America's coal mines. This settlement will also help Patriot emerge from bankruptcy and continue to provide jobs … that would transfer certain miner health benefits under the auspices of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. As part of the settlement, the union relinquishes …

… glaciers outside Antarctica are retreating or shrinking. "Ice is the canary in the global coal mine. It's the place where we can see and touch and hear and feel climate change in action," he …

… a still small voice said this is all false. I recognized that there was something specifically mine to do that was not important in the world. I had everything to live with, but nothing to …

… explaining this initiative, I find myself at times using the old metaphor of the canary in the mine shaft. The health of that canary is the measure of our own health. The health of the sisters …

… to God's call in our lives -- in her case by opening her home to a group of visitors and in mine by taking a group of students on a service trip. During the week we were in Belize, we …

… his mother struggle to support him and his nine siblings. "The community we grew up in was a mining community," he said. "There wasn't that much room for any gardening ... My mother went and …

… Holy Thursday washing the feet of young people in prison. "He'd say don't waste your time or mine," Carr said. "Well, I can't wait for the next chapter." Francis also appeared to aid the …

… during an interview in June. "I think sometimes people find their vocation hard. I've enjoyed mine. I have always been very grateful to God for my priesthood." Lyne "was recognized as a young …

… was, by itself, worth the price of admission. Among other things, he explained how Chinese mining companies have fallen upon his native Ghana in the fever of a gold rush, polluting rivers …

… him, like Matthew. ... He holds onto his money as if to say, 'No, not me! No, this money is mine.' Here, this is me, a sinner on whom the Lord has turned his gaze. ... I am a sinner, but I …

… because many entered the pulse of mainstream life. One of their numbers was a colleague of mine, Marie Varley, a former Caldwell Dominican sister who for years served as the New Jersey and …

… sought to reduce our religion to ethics.  That reduction has been a principal concern of mine at this blog. Pope Francis says it neatly: “The dogmatic and moral teachings of the Church …

… corporate destruction of rainforests and West Virginia mountaintops for cattle grazing; coal mining; the expansion of our wealthy suburbs with their McMansions and five-car garages; and our …