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We need to pay attention to suffering, not ignore it
… Mary Ann McGivern … I've had a serious rift with an old friend of mine over whether the looting in Ferguson last year was a deal breaker. My friend thinks the …
Playing Defensive
… neither rich nor poor. I got something else. “You’re right,” he responded. “It’s an error of mine not to think about this.” The pope’s comments were immediately heralded as another example …
CTA calls for solidarity to support church worker justice
… who devote their lives to working for the church. "My main goal at CTA, and it's a passion of mine, is to get religious communities to stop the firing. They have the power," said Aaron …
Call to Action conference focuses on laity’s role in reform of church and society
… is opening it for questions,” Chittister told the crowd, “ask yourself: What is your role and mine, if we are to live the Gospel faithfully and radically?” “The case is clear,” she continued. …
Praying and taking action, after terrorist attacks
… yesterday that said, "There's no difference between creating and praying." Like a friend of mine whose weapon of choice is "making plays and films and writing new stories," I'm going to …
Catholics to U.N. climate summit: Warmer temperatures are just part of the problem
… people, land rights and access to markets for subsistence farmers, human rights in contested mining regions and financial commitments to help communities in the global South adapt to climate …
Before 'Laudato Si'' Appalachian pastorals explored themes of mining in the mountains
… West Virginia and eastern Kentucky, hard hit by a half-century of falling employment in the mines, and by the ongoing replacement of coal by natural gas, may well react defensively to the … in the late 20 th century, the bishops of Appalachia addressed the situation in coal-mining areas, and in more recent times, pastoral letters of Bishop Michael J. Bransfield of West … issues in the Mountain State: health, children in poverty, the situation of the elderly, mine safety. In all these areas, the bishop calls for creative responses and serious discussion. …
Eco-encyclical poses focal questions for future of coal regions
… 40 percent in its southern region, where reliance makes any economic downturn more volatile. Mining jobs in the state today are less than 20,000, with more than 5,000 lost down south since … pension plans, in addition to providing $1 billion over five years to redevelop abandoned coal mine sites, and $2 billion in tax incentives to encourage use of carbon capture and sequestration …
Demand changes to structured injustice
… for a number of years through the pastor who is a Haitian priest and a very good friend of mine. In that parish, others and I help to support a meal program where the church provides a hot …
Compassion, not climate change, needed for encyclical engagement in coal country, Catholics say
… Fr. John Rausch said it’s imperative to recognize that whether it’s an economic disaster or a mining disaster, “we’re talking about something spiritual, because people are devastated; their …
Synodality & the Spirit
… to get out in front of my skis and these issues quickly require a better theological mind than mine. But, I think more needs to be explored here, but that line, which escaped my first reading, …