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Morning Briefing
… Philippine Catholic Church wrong to oppose mining …
Bad Options in the Mideast
… that the IDF will not send ground troops across the border, but I know that if a loved one of mine had done something bad, and was to face a criminal justice system, in Israel that loved one …
Scriptures give us extraordinary examples of generosity
… culture especially glorifies the idea of the self-made person. I did it. I worked for it. it’s mine. Really, we need to understand as these examples in the Scriptures show us, it’s not really mine. Everything I have ultimately comes from God. All of creation is God’s gift. Everything I … from God. That is the attitude we have to have, or must try to develop. I can’t say this is mine. I’ve earned it. I have a right to keep it for myself alone. No, because God made the world …
Summer at New York monastery changed life of Emmy-winning filmmaker
… did a national search to fill those 20 spots. By coincidence, Sr. Camille was a teacher of mine at Brooklyn College and became my mentor with the application process. A month after …
What Now? Bishops' Edition
… liberty as it is conceived in America that I must leave to better theological minds than mine. There is real, hard work to be done on understanding Dignitatis Humanae, and the internal … Republicans talk about their income the way pro-choice women talk about their bodies, “It’s mine. You can’t tell me what to do with it.” The instances of policies that reflect the common …
Could different choices alter our economic structure?
… pay for service industries. The mantra has been that wealth is grown (agriculture), dug (mining) or made (manufacturing). But the model that spurred growth was Henry Ford paying his …
Vignettes of Hurricane Sandy from a sister in New York
… "Now, Lou, if he's lying, it's on his conscience. If I send him away, truly hungry, it's on mine." She fed that man. I gave this one $20 and a slip of paper with our address so he could pay …
Founder of WorldWatch Institute a modern-day ecological prophet
… rest into the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign," he said. Beyond Coal would close all coal mines and replace them with sustainable energy production. The Catholic hierarchy will not like …
Morning Briefing
… Romney Mining for Votes in Coal Country …
Trial set for second Vatican employee; report issued on butler's trial
… Benedict as gifts: a check for 100,000 euros ($123,000); a gold nugget from the director of a mining company in Peru; and a 16th-century edition of a translation of the "Aeneid." The judges' …
Finding what unites the church beyond our disagreements
… sides of the river. My parish has altar girls; his does not. His parish offers a Latin Mass; mine does not. My side of the river has Communion in both forms every day; his does not. He …
Despite popularity, Jesuit priest, author puts religious life first
… Somali refugee with a visit I made to a refugee camp in Kenya (that is, two journeys: his and mine, in tandem) and it was accepted. When it was published, I was happy to have been able to …
MSW in Colorado
… bodies in exactly the same way as libertarian Republicans speak about their incomes? “It’s mine. You can’t tell me what to do with it.” Of course, the law has always told us what we can …
Papal butler says he's innocent of theft, but guilty of betraying pope
… for 100,000 euros ($123,000); a nugget -- presumably of gold -- from the director of a gold mining company in Peru; and a 16th-century edition of a translation of the Aeneid . Gabriele …
Salvadoran town finds a space for healing in art center
… sales. Cultures are holy. So we can't say ours is better; we can only say, how do yours and mine match, how do they help each other grow? [Danielle Marie Mackey is a freelance journalist …
Editorial: Step up pressure on candidates to act on climate
… Calling it “clean coal,” Obama has allowed the continuation of hydrofracking and mountaintop mining -- real threats to the ecosystem and health that add to the fossil fuel consumption that’s …
Xavier University's focus on sustainability impacts students, environment
… age, many students are still clueless regarding the realities of mountaintop removal coal mining; the terrible extinction of species that is going on right now; toxins in the environment; …
Texas cheerleaders fight to keep Bible quotes on football banners
… a legal adviser at the Texas Association of School Boards. "It is not a personal opinion of mine," Weldon told KHOU, a Houston television station. "My personal convictions are that I am a …
Collection of essays answers fundamental questions of nonviolence in Christianity
… is such an important book for these painful times. You'll say I'm biased, since an essay of mine on Jesus' civil disobedience in the temple is included, but I say this is a necessary book, …
Beyond a human kingdom
… to change our lives. Here is one other dramatic example. A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine whom I've known for just a few years, but whom I came to know quite well and have profound …