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Closed mines haunt two towns in Honduras as threats against activists mount
… J. Malcolm Garcia … The mines no longer operate. The large trucks that carried heavy equipment no longer rumble down dirt … the dust weighted by the humidity of dawn. Community opposition succeeded in shutting down mines in Nueva Esperanza in northern Honduras and El Tránsito far to the south near the border of … towns the closings serve only as a pyrrhic victory. For now, the armed guards that circled the mines are gone. But gone too are the jobs the mines provided. In their place, a lingering loss of …
'Our whole being should be thanks'
… of the basic truth: Everything we have is a gift. We have a sense, "I've earned it; it's mine; I can do with it what I want." Not really. When you go down to the deepest level of where …
No matter what the clock says
… on the music, and dance. He was alive! Wahoo! I had learned the hard way that my kids aren't mine. They are on loan to me. And I was newly grateful for every waking second with them. And …
An abundant worldview leads to shared prosperity
… of the AFL-CIO, America's largest coalition of labor unions. He comes from a small coal-mining town in southwest Pennsylvania.] …
What chance has idealism in this endlessly divided world?
… most celebrated 20th-century poet: "Imagine there's no countries." As his questioning eyes met mine, I almost smiled my agreement. Who could argue with that? But this was no time for smiles. …
I would not have it any other way
… to youth and young adults, so it is from them that I have learned about their lives and also mine; about God's working in subtle and not-so-subtle ways. Most recently my work has been as a …
Reconciliation in Chicago: A light no one can extinguish
… do a good job. He quipped, "You know jobs are hard to come by these days; I don't want to lose mine!" [Precious Blood Fr. David Kelly is executive director of Precious Blood Ministry of …
Happy (sort of) Fourth of July!
… still less their moral valuation. I love our country, but I do not love it only because it is mine. That would not really be loving it, but loving me. "To know that a thing is yours is to …
Is Pope Francis alone on apologizing to gays?
… can be fired from church posts if they are open about their sexual identity. "A gay friend of mine who worked for several years for an otherwise compassionate bishop told me that the bishop …
Bomb scare interrupts Mass offered in Puerto Rico for shooting victims
… News Service outside the cathedral during the recess. "Police officers said the bag was mine, as if I was guilty, but it was not." The 20-year-old member of the San Juan Archdiocesan …
Year-old Laudato Si' has stirred up action for Earth
… fuels, Turkson recognized the message comes off as corrosive in regions highly reliant on coal mining , such as Poznan, Poland, which he visited in November. The pope's intent, Turkson said, …