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60 years after March on Washington, Georgetown panel says MLK's dream yet unfulfilled
… and violence is too common in America today." "Whether it was Jacksonville or Buffalo, the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Mother Emanuel Church, I could continue to go on. How can …
Aug 30, 2023
Q&A: Dorothy Fortenberry on climate change, changed relationships in 'Extrapolations'
… magical and wonderful about the world outside. We can currently go outside and look at a tree or a flower or a bird. In the show's storyline, there's a time when we stop being able to do …
Aug 29, 2023
Ethel Cain and the haunting of religious trauma
… had them hooked. The album opens with the sound of a Southern preacher mid-sermon on "Family Tree (Intro)." It's enough to transport anyone with southern roots back to a dilapidated white …
Aug 26, 2023
As oil activities encroach on sacred sites, a small Ugandan community feels besieged
… without performing the necessary rituals or making sacrifices to spirit mediums — like the tree Wakitinti recently knelt under to pray and present a bird's nest. Sacred natural sites here range from single trees in the bush to the rift in the land where the Nile River merges with Lake Albert, creating …
Aug 25, 2023
Barbie Land and losing paradise: Theologian muses on this summer's blockbuster
… sin might have been a fortunate occurrence. Adam and Eve gain something by eating from the Tree of Knowledge, even as they lose immortality. The broken uncertainty of the postlapsarian …
Aug 10, 2023
Pope surprised as Russian Orthodox bishop speaks up for Ukraine, priest reports
… Ambassador Shapira Pain. Stilwell said the rector and ambassador organized the planting of six trees in the Lisbon Tropical Botanical Garden. Stilwell said the six trees represented the religious traditions of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Taoism, Hinduism and … of Lisbon, Manuel Clemente, and Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin attended the tree-planting ceremony. …
Aug 4, 2023
Sombreros, baseball caps and new friendships: Vignettes from World Youth Day
… by other pilgrims, a group of students from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh camped out by a tree. They noticed a reporter's Boston Red Sox hat and said hello. "Just being with thousands and …
Aug 4, 2023
Pope to young people: To tackle life's ups and downs, look to the elderly
… by hopes, we fulfill projects and dreams, the most beautiful of which is becoming like that tree, which doesn't live for itself but makes shade for who wants it and offers space for who … a nest," said Francis. He said that grandparents and grandchildren "grow together" like the tree and the birds that settle in its branches, where they "learn the warmth of home and …
Jul 24, 2023
Carry your cross through a blanket of fog
… as suddenly as it had appeared, the fog vanished, and I saw the road. I was overjoyed to see trees on one side, and some lanes across the metal divider on the other side of the highway! I …
Jul 22, 2023
Sisters model women's diaconal ministry in the Amazon
… Paraná River was a welcome respite for Karipuna children. The Karipuna do not cut down their trees for profit and do not participate in the sale of carbon credits, which would mean … Paraná River. An hour into the trip, signs of destruction became achingly visible. Lush, dense trees turn into deforested lonely landscapes. To spend time in the Amazon is to become aware of …
Jul 21, 2023
An indigo morning among singing hills and simple stone at Nonnberg Abbey
… opened before us as we hiked upward; the sky grew lighter as birds began to sing in the bare trees. Finally, we rounded our last bend to see the ancient Nonnberg Abbey to our right and the …
Jul 20, 2023