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She was an early church deacon. Catholic women now want to reclaim her example.
… working with indigenous peoples to help them fight against the deforestation and destructive mining of the Amazon. "To me, women are already doing the work of deacons," she said. "Can the …
A woman without a church learns 'everything belongs' at Richard Rohr's Living School
… call, and the same God." Our paths are never a straight line, they are spirals, Rohr says. Mine has certainly been that. Taken away from the Roman Catholicism of my Italian and Irish … in their lives, and the beginning of something new. There is a student group just behind mine, the 2023 cohort, but none after that. For now, the Living School admissions process has …
Amazon's first cardinal says violence against Indigenous communities is greatest threat to the region
… drug trafficking. "It comes from outside and is a violence motivated by money: deforestation, mining, fishing." According to a report from the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI), a group … to the fishermen and miners. Steiner also underscored the human effects of the destructive mining processes that are set to ramp up across the Amazon region in the coming years. Specifically, he condemned the practice of illegal gold mining, which often uses mercury to recover gold fragments mixed within soil. The toxic element …
'We are part of a living nature': Parallels in pope's, Indigenous views of humanity's relationship with creation
… faced in a region known for its biologically diverse forests but devastated by wildcat gold mining. "We ask that you defend us!" Patiachi said. Francis, in turn, asked his audience to hold …
Jordan River, Jesus' baptism site, is today barely a trickle
… river's history and its water have been as politically fraught as holy, and for decades land mines have lurked menacingly on banks that were once a war zone. On the eastern bank, demining of … Israel. On the West Bank, a team from the HALO Trust, a British-American charity, has cleared mines from areas housing churches in the vicinity of the Qasr al-Yahud site as recently as 2020. … churches area remained off-limits and frozen in time for decades. Work began to clear those mines in 2018, but only after three years of building trust and getting onboard all involved, …
Climate protesters target the Vatican's Laocoon statue
… increase its solar and wind power and stop exploring for natural gas and reopening old coal mines in Italy. They affixed a banner to the statue's base reading "No gas, no coal." Last month, …
Violence against Indigenous in Brazil surges, says Catholic council
… rights of native peoples," said the document. According to the report, invasions and mining on Indigenous lands have increased by 180% since Jan. 1, 2019, when President Jair … unfeasible. It also criticized a project by the federal government that would allow mining on Indigenous lands, which CIMI said gave the invaders confidence to advance in their …
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time: Being known by Christ
… reflect and actually represent him in their own context. This is Luke's version of "I know mine and mine know me." Understood from this perspective, we see how Jesus' reply to the question "Will …
Disabled Catholics praise pope's example in publicly using a wheelchair
… duties" using a wheelchair or a cane, "it just reminds me of the goodness of a weak body like mine, because this is one of the holiest people in the world able to love and serve from a …
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time: A joyful vision of God's reign
… came that he would be taken up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem" (emphasis mine). Not long after Jesus first told the disciples that the mission they were sharing would …
Amid grief and loss, long-term recovery is on horizon for eastern Kentucky
… St. George Church in Letcher County is providing storage space for Catholic Charities in a mining warehouse for items donated or purchased on pallets. St. George said it needs gallon jugs …