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It's an election year. What role should bishops play in politics?
… social, technical and cultural ties, might also attain fuller unity in Christ. (Emphasis mine.) We cannot be "a sign and instrument … of the unity of the whole human race" if we are …
Conservative Christians just lost their scholarly trump card on same-sex relationships
… for joy. Jimmy Hoke, a queer scholar, said , "Richard Hays has profited off queer bodies like mine for decades. Don't give him a penny more. I (and many other contingent queers) am barely …
Brazil's Yanomami leader asks the Pope to support President Lula in reversing damage to the Amazon
… and swiftly declared a public health emergency in Yanomami lands due to the effects of illegal mining and began working to expel the miners. He also empowered environmental agencies to crack … half in the first year of Lula's term. Government officials have said that areas with illegal mining inside Yanomami territory have dropped 85% and health has improved. But after the initial …
Victim-survivors address court in Archdiocese of Baltimore's bankruptcy process
… said it many times, and will say it to the end of my life. But I recognize that no apology of mine undoes what was done. Listening, believing, does a lot more. "I've listened and met with …
Sr. Marie de Paul Combo: 'Fun nun' and 'fool for Christ' dies at 99
… that healing can be a lifelong journey. … Early life … Marie de Paul was the daughter of a mining engineer and union leader, and a devout Catholic mother. "I am the product of 12 years of good Catholic education in a rugged, mountain-surrounded Montana mining town which somehow instilled in its children an openness to all of life," Marie de Paul … a miners' strike from early May through late September 1934 and its bitter aftermath. "The mines had a big fence around them, and people would ask, 'Are you inside or outside the fence?' " …
Pope prays for all those affected by deadly quake in Taiwan
… with more expected to hit in the coming days. About 200 people were trapped in road tunnels, mines and other collapsed infrastructure and thousands of homes were cut off from water. Speaking …
The massive copper mine that could test the limits of religious freedom
… this month, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals declined to stop the construction of a copper mine in Arizona on land sacred to the San Carlos Apache Tribe as well as other Indigenous … green energy projects. The operation, which will be run by Resolution Copper, a subsidiary of mining companies Rio Tinto and BHP, will leave a crater nearly 1,000 feet deep and 2 miles wide. … of both culture and values to the next generation. But for developers, the proposed mine would support a few thousand jobs for the surrounding community, inject $61 billion into the …
In LA, Catholic-run 'Feed My Poor' food truck serves meals, hope
… just keep riding this," Benioff said. "I'm just the loudmouth for it. It's God's thing, not mine." [This article was made possible by a grant from the Hilton Foundation.] …
'My Life With the Jedi' mines the spirituality of 'Star Wars' and St. Ignatius
… knowledge of and love for "Star Wars" — and Ignatius — is apparent and infectious. He freely mines the films, books, video games and TV shows (even the infamous specials) with a degree of …
Catholic leader champions Heritage Foundation's right-wing brand
… we would never want to be so presumptuous as to refer to our own faith as unshakeable. But mine has felt that way since that moment." The bottoming out of the oil industry "revealed the …
Lithium mines threaten South America's Native cultures, wealth and water
… used in electric car batteries, crucial to solar and wind energy and more. But to extract it, mines suck water out of the flats, tethered to the lives of thousands of communities like Flores … lithium, a ton of the metal went for a whopping $76,000 at its peak last year. Leaders, mining executives and companies from across the world look to the region's barren deserts both as … fend off those mining companies. More than 30 companies are officially seeking permission to mine the water in the two salt flats. Signs put up by the community line the edges of the flats …
Neve Gordon: A Jewish voice in support of Palestinians
… disagree with him, he wrote, they "are familiar with and have been exposed to views like mine and consider them part of the legitimate discourse." That optimism would not last. Gordon …
This ancient tradition could be a key climate action for US Catholics
… same year was remarkable for another reason, too. It was the year the August edition of The Mining Congress Journal made a startling admission. "There is evidence that the amount of carbon …
As minerals fuel deadly conflicts in Africa, cardinal calls for pastoral approach
… under the theme "Conflicts in Africa in the Context of the Exploitation of Natural and Mining Resources." Besungu said that "The overarching objective is to ensure that Africa's … Francis pleaded on Jan. 31, 2023: "Hands off Africa!" "Stop choking Africa: It is not a mine to be stripped or a terrain to be plundered. May Africa be the protagonist of its own …
Catholics not as polarized as often portrayed, new synod consultor says
… to the diaconate. Some interviewees did share "a heavy lament that they — their words, not mine — have been unable to fulfill a call to God and the church that they feel to their core," …
Indigenous leaders gain support of Washington Catholics for dam removal
… on the right path." The trickiest balance is knowing that you have a role but "honing what's mine to do and what's not mine to do," he said. In a parish setting, making clear connections between theology and …
Catholic groups partner to fight human trafficking in Nigeria
… was trafficked across the Sahara Desert to Libya where he says he was sold to an illegal gold mining network for $400. Edo State, where he started his journey, is the epicenter of human …
Nicaraguan, exiled from his home country, finds community at DC parish
… that his story, unfortunately, is all too common. "I've found people with stories similar to mine," he said. "The stories of these people are incredible. They come running from war, …
A US appeals court ruling could allow mine development on Oak Flat, land sacred to Apaches
… Press … An Apache group that has fought to protect land it considers sacred from a copper mining project in central Arizona suffered a significant blow March 1 when a divided federal … the transfer of land for the project. The Apache Stronghold organization has hoped to halt the mining project by preventing the U.S. government from transferring the land called Oak Flat to … support in nearby Superior and other traditional mining towns in the area for a new copper mine and the income and jobs it could generate. An environmental impact survey for the project …
Collapse of illegal gold mine puts focus on needs of Venezuela's Indigenous people
… Manuel Rueda … OSV News … Miners were still being evacuated over a week after a Venezuelan gold mine collapsed Feb. 20, killing at least 16 miners and leaving hundreds without work. Local … from the Bulla Loca gold mine located in a remote pocket of southern Venezuela, where illegal mining has grown rapidly since 2016. However, Cranes noted that many villagers want the mine to …