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My encounters with Joseph Ratzinger — and Pope Benedict XVI
… story would be interesting but not important in judging the legacy of Joseph Ratzinger. Sadly, mine is only one of hundreds of examples of the repression of free inquiry by reporters and …
Where is the newborn king of the Jews?
… frankincense and myrrh. There is the gift of God's son, Jesus Christ — as a writer friend of mine put it, "the present of his presence." And there is the enduring gift of faith. The Magi …
This Christmas, Holy Land Christians need Americans to remember them
… is also tragic for Jews and Muslims. The Christian community is the proverbial "canary in the mine." Its waning presence is a sign of the intensity of the underlying political conflict that …
New devotional book centers the liberation of Black lives as a sacred matter
… touch lives beyond the pulpit. The authors suggest that we are all responsible for minding and mining our words to engender how we delight in the Lord. Within Psalms for Black Lives there is …
Indigenous leaders press for their land rights as COP15 debates ecosystem protection areas
… to halt destruction of ecosystems and species loss from increasing extractive practices like mining and logging, and that these areas also play an important role in limiting the impacts of …
Catholics in the Amazon hope COP15 generates projects in favor of forest
… commodity." He said countries must put a moratorium on projects that include fossil fuels and mining. Vieira agreed. "It is important that governments and companies make a commitment to …
New Rome conference on Gospel nonviolence could serve as push for papal encyclical
… work as the leader of a women's group fighting the earth polluting practices of the Canadian mining company, Goldcorp. Zoughbi Zoughbi, Director of the Wi'am (Agape) Conflict Transformation …
Dioceses in southern Philippines want government to ban mining
… southern Philippines have called on the country's lawmakers to draft a law to impose a ban on mining across the entire Mindanao region. In a joint statement Nov. 28, the Archdiocese of Davao and the dioceses of Digos, Tagum, and Mati urged lawmakers to revoke 39 mining licenses in the region to protect the environment and public health, reported ucanews.com …
Shawnee Daniels-Sykes, pioneer of Black Catholic womanist ethics, dies
… of her life. She was 61 years old at the time of her death. "With a diagnosis as lethal as mine was, you have to keep a positive attitude and a desire to fight," she said in an interview …
Multifaith community mobilizes to preserve creation ahead of COP15 biodiversity summit
… a conservationist who has worked with Franciscans in her native Bolivia, where logging and mining have decimated forests, mountains and waterways, and populations along river systems are …