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On this day: John Donne
… The Good-Morrow ? Click here to hear Richard Burton reading it. My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears, And true plain hearts do in the faces rest; Where can we find two better …
On nuclear power, the warnings are clear
… danger. Nuclear power is not at all emissions free, if emissions in relation to uranium mining, transportation, plant construction and decommissioning, and waste storage are included in …
Japan disaster raises ethical questions about energy
… is misleading, because it considers only plant operation. If the entire fuel cycle, from mining through processing, is considered, nuclear energy's carbon footprint increases … Although wind turbines and solar panels are made of materials that cause pollution during mining and manufacturing, proponents say they do not raise long-term safety concerns like those …
Obama to visit Romero's tomb
… country since the war have often run into environmental concerns over the impact of proposed mining and hydro-electric use of scarce water resources. Dollarization of the currency tied the …
Words Matter
… British Isles or Europe who came in waves to Kansas in the 19th century to work in the coal mines of southeastern Kansas, jobs only the desperate would do. The causes of immigration today …
In Nigeria, a palpable hunger for democracy
… ago. But recently people from outside the area have come to Jos to trade, work in its tin mines or graze their herds after climate change had decreased northern grasslands. While the …
Pastor says it's time to 'let go,' accept new missal as inevitable
… words will be the most important word of all, certainly more important than any word of mine.” When the new translation is introduced during Advent, he said, “we will continue here at …
Franz Jägerstätter acted on the Word of God
… where Moses is teaching the people how the Word of God is so important. Engrave these words of Mine on your heart and in your soul. Brand them on your hand as a sign and keep them always …
Memo to a divided church: Meet the Focolare
… her saying to me, ‘What did I present to you as the ideal for your life? It was the same as mine, which is Jesus, who in his greatest pain, his greatest sense of abandonment, said yes to …
Letting go of materialism, grasping the Reign of God
… over a year ago in Haiti. About 10 days after that terrible earthquake happened, friends of mine were there and I was down there myself, but this group went and this person described it …
Wisconsin exposes bishops' split on unions
… nominee Joe Biden and then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi for “stepping on the pope’s turf—and mine” in appealing to church fathers for their support of abortion rights. In 2009, Morlino fired …
Edward Peters Responds
… who have a different kind of heart from oneself. Peters has a different kind of heart from mine, but I acknowledge the concerns his raises are real concerns, and that there is wisdom in …
My Reply to Peters
… that pervasive distrust of law that so blindsided my parents' generation and still haunts mine? Who really knows? My hunch is that several pernicious philosophical currents finally came …
Anonymous Atheists
… Mennonite. I find this uplifting. There is more mystery in all of this than meets the eye (mine anyway) and cautions me against any certainty where the spirit works. …
Vox Nova, Wisconsin & Laborem Exercens
… social encyclicals was his favorite and he cited Laborem , his first, as his favorite. It is mine too. One wishes that there was a single Catholic Republican in the Wisconsin legislature who …
Indian cardinal criticizes report on church attacks
… 1,000 attacks on Christian targets in recent years. "I feel sad that a judicial colleague of mine did this whitewashing," Saldana said. "The credibility of the country and inquiry …
Caritas supports team working to make gold mining safer in Peru jungle
… apparatus, designed to separate sand from flecks of gold, will reduce the impact of wildcat mining that is fouling rivers and streams in Peru's southeastern Madre de Dios (Mother of God) … to fine-tune the design. The original Canadian model worked well for the larger pieces of gold mined near the foothills of the Andes Mountains, Arbex said, but was less effective for the fine …
Church aids Peru's indigenous communities in illegal mining fight
… struck deals with community members to prospect for gold. Some community members also have mining concessions. Even Payaba has one, although she says she is not prospecting on it. The … less than 10 percent of the miners operate legally. Some apply for concessions, then begin mining -- or rent the land for others to mine -- before receiving final permits. Almost none has received the required environmental …
How screwing unions screws the entire middle class
… who worked for a living, even those who did not belong to a union themselves." (Emphasis mine.) Wages went up, even at nonunion companies. Health benefits expanded, private pensions …
Remedying nature deficit disorder
… out in nature more, whether on a daily basis or for more extended periods of time. A friend of mine used to have a small hermitage by a lake on private land that she loaned out. Once I spent …