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… of stories from 9/11. Some are stories of pain and survival. Many are stories of heroism. Mine is a story of faith." With hundreds of others, Mahony and his office mates trudged …

… life's journey. The posthumous words of Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini have touched many hearts, mine included. They speak to that agonizing tension that comes when love and disappointment fight …

… those who believe in privileged hermeneutics will find her arguments more agreeable than mine, even though they are remarkably the same. …

… the way Republicans talk about their right to do what they want with their own income. "It's mine, dammit," both say. Fluke’s speech was the speech of a libertarian. Sr. Simone’s was the …

… Millennial Catholics. Full Disclosure: Robert Christian, the blog's editor, is a colleague of mine at Catholic University's Institute for Policy Research and I happily encouraged this …

… of GOP leaders, who are rising in Tea Party Times, would celebrate the culture of “I’ve got mine!” but one had the suspicion in Tampa that the paramedics would need to be called in for all …

… understand that other well-informed consciences will reach a different conclusion. I stand by mine. There is much that is good, very good, in the Democratic Party. I do not for a moment …

… A friend of mine who is a nun and fellow journalist asked me to write a column on civility. But my immediate …

… pleasant to gaze into the mirror of the word and to hear assurances like: “I love you; you are mine.” “Fear not, I am with you.” “Come eat, drink, rest in me.” However, there are other times …

… appeared to suggest that some rapes were less serious than others. As South Africa Reels from Mine Shootings, …

… of voices, one common hope," states that almost 1 million children work in small-scale mines and quarries. "Children dig and haul ore out of underground mines, dive into rivers and flooded tunnels, and transport heavy materials," the report states. …

… Paramedics carry an injured man after protesting miners were shot outside a South African mine Thursday in Marikana. (CNS/Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko) Paramedics carry an injured man after protesting miners were shot outside a South African mine Thursday in Marikana. (CNS/Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko) … -- South Africa's bishops condemned the killings at a platinum mine in Marikana and called for a judicial inquiry into the circumstances that led to the …

… can beat up your prayer service is silly. There is so much more to be done. The back story to mine here is that last year, the Sisters of Saint Joseph Federation met in the same hotel LCWR …

… a Catholic university in Spain; 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 was …

… land around Sendong. Sr. Stella Matutina heads up an environmental activist group that fights mining and logging companies. In a July 6 Catholic News Service story , Matutina recalls witnessing massive landslides, flooding and deaths caused by logging and mining practices during 2007. height="120" width="180" height="120" width="180" "I heard the cry … are enraged. She received death threats after helping one community block the entry of heavy mining equipment, the CNS story reports. The blockade prompted the canceling of one company's …

… least sympathetic figure on the planet, a man so scripted, whose life is so unlike yours and mine (see, Dressage), and someone whose career may have been typical of modern capitalism, as …

… Congress. There's a video of a May vigil closing with everyone singing "This Little Light of Mine." You can also order a T-shirt. It's a wonderful welcome to sisters, full of good humor and …

… took place. I sat in a windowless room where other patients also waited their turn. When mine came I paced into the radiation room, lay down on a slab under a huge light and let the … I do for you?" A few days later I heard the "still, small voice" asking me to pray for others. Mine would be a ministry of intercession. Then cancer barged into my life, seizing center stage, …

… to have wept at the very celebration of Eucharist because he feels so deeply. A friend of mine told me he carries an empty plastic container for facial tissues in his pocket to remind … can take an hour or a lifetime. I thought of this practice the other day when a colleague of mine introduced some of Joan Halifax's work. With the practice of mindfulness (a state of active, …

… regarded as among the most active parishioners around. (I once called a pastor friend of mine, seeking advice about fundraising and better participation at my parish. His first question: …