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… give the gift of yourself without getting a gift in return. For years now, another friend of mine has given me a subscription to St. Anthony Messenger magazine. When each month’s issue …

… numbers remain roughly the same or decrease. He said people in the region are hoping that mining could offer some economic boost to the area. Still, most will continue to look to farming …

… many millions, however, such values as these are placed at serious risk. An earlier column of mine wrote of "family reunions but not for the homeless ... of special feasting, but not for the …

… earthquake struck the city, which was susceptible to increased damage due to large-scale gold mining in the area. With the Durban conference concluded, the focus for many Catholic …

… consideration. The thread Kaveny has started has some very interesting submissions. Here is mine: Msgr. Lorenzo Albacete's "God at the Ritz," a fun but profound introduction to Catholicism …

… say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’ I am Patrick Carolan the Executive Director of …

… Scott certainly made a difference in the world, and in the lives of many of us, including mine. "Kennedy spent almost his entire life working to promote social change and help those who …

… Marty Peretz has been a friend of mine for a long time and I have learned most of what I know about Zionism from him or from books …

… probably in the Talmud somewhere." "I hope her journey was as fascinating and life-changing as mine was," added Jacobs, who joined a synagogue and continued to practice some Jewish rituals … me feel like a jerk," he said, "It was almost as if her ideas were inherently less worthy than mine." But the year also brought gifts. From 1 Peter 3:4, she tried to nurture a "gentle and …

… and self. Pregnancy can be lonely and comes with a great humility that my body is no longer mine. In God asking Mary to carry and raise Jesus, God invites her into co-creating, an …

… earth-shattering. On the whole, I would say, "It's fine". A well-educated priest friend of mine is quite pleased with the changes and told me: "I find the new texts much more prayerful and …

… Friends of mine get angry with the Catholic church hierarchy, and, Lord knows, there’s enough reason for …

… The United States has failed to join the 100-plus nations that have agreed to ban land mines. … It refuses to ban napalm and cluster bombs. It insists that it must not be subject, as …

… to the city, people lose that." The result, Matua said, is people "look inward. 'What is mine is mine alone,' becomes the operating principle. There is no mutual trust." Not everything is …

… Nun slain in India faced threats from mine bosses …

… is Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. Shortly after the 2012 midterm elections, a friend of mine who is normally very smart said something very stupid: “Well, at least we don’t have to deal …

… Archbishop of Munich in 1976. He had come become one of his former students was a disciple of mine. That had been the beginning of a friendship between us, without our having met. On that …

… her faith." UCA News said family members believe the nun was killed by people connected to a mining company she was campaigning against. Archbishop Maria Soosa Pakiam of Trivandrum said of …

… Then some Catholics have horror stories about their school experiences. I always insist that mine were just the opposite. …

… the military, and members of the oil, natural gas, nuclear weapons , timber and coal mining industries. Factory farm corporations would be there, too. Imagine them shedding their …