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… Louis, young men and women and babies that I didn't know, and older people who were friends of mine. It filled me with confidence that the church is in good hands. Below is a litany to …

… priest provided a different perspective: "There are priests who aren't particularly friends of mine, but I would get up at four o'clock in the morning to go help them out -- and maybe in less …

… play in the health of that ecosystem. When there is pressure to clear-cut, to farm or to mine an area of rainforest or nature preserve, there is often conflict between short-term …

… at the latest enormities committed by the hierarchy, because I have no hope that any words of mine could have any impact upon them. But I have also been silenced by a disappointed sadness at …

… within countries. Throughout Latin America, rural communities are protesting plans for dams, mines, biofuel plantations and other large infrastructure projects. Proponents say the projects …

… statement he made in the past. Nonetheless, regular readers may recall this post of mine when Bishop Aquila rolled out the Nazi analogy. I was especially pleased to note then, as I …

… is a scourge on the Catholic faith. The only Catholic school I would never send a child of mine to is his Ave Maria University, which has been embroiled in controversies, financial and …

… bishops and religious leaders in the region, he signed a 1989 statement supporting a United Mine Workers strike against the Pittston Coal Co. In 1991, he urged patience by the U.S. …

… to undergo Kurt's problem. I remembered what Christ told Camillus , ‘This is not your work but mine,'" Cancino said. Cancino acknowledged the statistics make it seem like HIV/AIDS prevention …

… Jesus? Listen to today's Gospel. What is Jesus telling us? "I am the Good Shepherd. I know mine and mine know me." This is a very intimate relationship between Jesus, the Good Shepherd, and those … Is our society like that? In my own heart, am I like that, that I don't cling to what is mine, but rather understand that whatever I have is gift from God? It is not for me alone, but …

… -- Mining has divided people of Mindanao, the southern Philippines main island, like no other issue … Cooperation, conducted a fact-finding mission to areas around Tampakan, where Sagittarius Mines Incorporated (SMI) is allegedly continuing its gold and copper mining project without the …

… national conference for Catholic pastoral ministers, I had a conversation with a friend of mine who is a lesbian woman, observing that so many of the conference participants were openly …

… Our water and our ecosystems have been under threat for years as our thirst for energy and the mining of natural resources has grown exponentially with the rise of industrialization. Many of these mining practices have been reckless in their consideration of the importance of clean, safe water … we affect all of life’s access to clean, safe water through our destructive actions in these mining excavations, we are also recklessly dumping, spilling and mixing toxic chemicals into …

… have a special and unique responsibility to cultivate relationships with their flocks. “I know mine, and mine know me,” the good shepherd says. I do know bishops who continually reach out to their …

… in which we live. We live in a culture that talks about "my right to private wealth -- it's mine; nobody can take it from me." If you follow Jesus, you understand it's not really yours, …

… church as a delayed reaction to exactly the same conditions. As a now-dead colleague of mine, Fr. Charles A. Curran -- the psychologist, not the distinguished moral theologian -- once …

… Immigrants: canaries in the coal mine … Yet, in the context of a free and open society, the immigrant is often the canary in the coal mine. The horror stories from detention centers are just too many: Pregnant women shackled to a …

… within the Church, regulated and verified by the Church's teaching office" (emphasis mine). Prophecy, regulated? Really? Prophecy, by definition, is NOT regulated. Can you imagine …

… My grandparents and my mom prayed the rosary a lot, and later in life I had a priest friend of mine teach me centering prayer, based on Father Thomas Keating's work. That led to practicing …

… and its effects on society - from different angles. Both are worth reading. E.J. Dionne mines the kerfuffle over working Moms . Harold Meyerson looks at the need to raise the minimum …