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Pro-life, eco-feminist activist Mary Krane Derr dies
… and disqualify someone else as an eco-feminist because they have a different position from mine on abortion. "Now, I myself believe that eco-feminism is the most complete, the best it can …
Roe, Libertarianism, Moralism: Bring Back the Seamless Garment
… aisle: Republicans talk about their income the way Democrats talk about women’s bodies: It’s mine, you can’t tell me what to do with it, hands off! Libertarianism is coarse and it is hoary …
The Israeli Elections
… in the Iran-Iraq war by enlisting teenagers to walk in front of the tanks, exploding the mines and earning their martyrdom. But the Soviets were also motivated by traditional concerns of …
Richard Rohr on the Living School and getting off the road
… School for Action and Contemplation, which really is the fulfillment of a longtime dream of mine. …
New Jersey parishioners protest priests' ouster
… expenses. According to Harrington, "The money was never in Msgr. Bootkoski's time or in mine reported to the archdiocese." He said some $400,000 of the fund has been used for St. Mary …
A New Inquisition: The Vatican targets US nuns
… "We learned never to leave the road because any area off defined footpaths could have land mines," she explained. "I remember walking down one long hill with trembling knees to meet a …
NCR's Person of the Year
… I had ever intended to do. I have learned that certainly Roberts' views would not cohere with mine on many issues. But, I think NCR has made and interesting and important choice. The Chief …
A Strange & Splendid Christmas
… Bethlehem. We are not alone. We are never alone anymore. The light has come into the darkness. Mine was a strange but very blessed Christmas Day, but as I like to remind people, Christmas …
An incredibly inspiring Christmas cease-fire
… deft snips, removed a couple of his buttons and put them in my pocket. I then gave him two of mine in exchange." Reportedly as many as 100,000 British and German troops along much of the …
Swiss abbot makes fiery appeal for church reform
… is an impetus for very necessary discussions in the church that are also a great concern of mine. That is why I am most thankful to him.” Büchel has been elected to succeed Bishop Norbert …
U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman's farewell address
… an intern for my home state Senator, Abe Ribicoff. He was and remains another personal hero of mine. And although I would never have admitted so publicly back then, because it was so …
Advent Hymnody
… on the 25th, it doesn't end then. So, what are your favorite Advent hymns? Here is one of mine: …
An unexpected messiah
… taught the opposite. The Hebrew Scriptures, especially the prophets, were presented as a gold mine of predictions, each eventually zeroing in on Jesus of Nazareth. As far back as Adam and …
'Love cannot be silenced'
… A friend of mine showed me a musical piece written by Sr. Kathy Sherman with the Congregation of St. Joseph. …
Personal & Political
… the rising generation of young theologians. Her cast of mind is actually quite different from mine: She is far more comfortable moving into the nitty, gritty details of personal life in her …
Book reveals diverse, feisty church in Chicago
… echoes of their own experience of church. In the interest of full disclosure, I confess that mine is one of the 33 essays in this slim volume. Among the contributors are business …
Landmine conference ends with organizers citing gains
… NGO delegations have concluded their 12th international meeting in the past 15 years after the Mine Ban Treaty was opened for signature in Ottawa, Canada. The meeting was highlighted with the … that Poland had become the 161st State Party to the treaty, making the ban on antipersonnel mines universal among European Union countries. The United States, meanwhile, which sent an …
NCR on women’s ordination: What took you so long?
… the edge to come out with open advocacy for women's ordination. God love Roy. He's a friend of mine. But he is not the first to be persecuted by the church for this; the editorial points out …
"To Hell With It" Award - Fr. Rutler
… unshaken in Rutler’s mind by recent history. I guess his 401(k) must have done better than mine. Rutler goes on to note that “the archbishop responsible for the letter on economics retired … with his observation about the neglect of catechesis, although I would not let any child of mine near a CCD class led by Rutler. But, I am also prepared to acknowledge that Latinos were …
+Dolan on the Elections
… of the self: those on one side who insist that my money, my property, my income are all mine, and I have no duty to others, especially the poor; those on the other side who claim that …