Search
Indigenous groups, supporters resist planned dam in the Philippines' Sierra Madre
… prayers for the healing of Mother Mountain that will remain unanswered unless your heart and mine repent and remember. Yes, remember. As early as 2018, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of …
First Sunday of Lent: Put to the test
… that's worth dying for." … Diabolos: … "Forget this God business! Look around and admit it. Mine is the only power that runs the world. … Jesus: … "Stay in your own hell if you wish. I have …
Let's make the Beatitudes our guide for Lent
… media, we all bear witness to almost unspeakable tragedies daily. Yet, if your life is like mine, in a cushy suburb with a loving family, realities like homelessness, the war in Ukraine, … about what money represents, which is the potential power to effect change. Give your power, mine your potential, and give generously, and immediately — as immediately as you would to your …
In new book, Christian climate activist challenges church to take action
… at how they had kept the lights on in America for decades. They were proud to work in the coal mines. And then on the other hand, many of them were dying from black lung disease or had … of the heavy metals that have leached into the drinking water from the contamination from the mine sites. It helped me understand that fossil fuels have done a lot of good for our country, …
Trashing Pope Francis won't make Congo's complex problems simpler
… off the Democratic Republic of the Congo! Hands off Africa! Stop choking Africa: It is not a mine to be stripped or a terrain to be plundered." While briefly acknowledging that "the pope is …
Joyce Rupp talks Lent, conversion and the one thing that gets her in trouble
… I love about poetry; so much can be related in a few, meaningful lines. … You have obviously mined the depths of spirituality for many years. How do you continue to approach Lent with fresh …
World must work with Indigenous people to fight climate change, pope says
… have been killed since 2012, primarily in Latin America. Francis specifically noted the mining practices in the Amazon region and deforestation in other places that "destroy peoples." …
African nations 'comforted,' shaken by words of Pope Francis
… off the Democratic Republic of the Congo! Hands off Africa! Stop choking Africa, it is not a mine to be stripped or a terrain to be plundered," Francis said to big applause. Congo is rich in …
Lula brings new environmental hope to Catholics in Brazil, but challenges remain
… cooperation on environmental initiatives, and declared that he would not tolerate illegal mining on Yanomami territory anymore. Lula is set to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden on Feb. … in Brazil, they also represent the ambitions of powerful economic groups that may intensify mining in the nation. After pictures of malnourished and ill Yanomami people were released a …
Brazilian church provides aid to the Yanomami, calls for justice after 'genocide'
… most of them were taken out of the region. Over the past four years, a new wave of illegal mining began, this time with more machinery and air support. At least 26,000 illegal miners … a decade and is now a pastoral agent in the region, told OSV News. The large pits provoked by mining in the Yanomami territory concentrate stormwater and create the perfect environment for … a surge in the number of cases of the disease — and in the number of deaths. "The areas of mining also have bars and prostitution. Yanomami women have been continually subjected to sexual …