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No real solutions coming from World Economic Forum in Davos
… wrong, and their perspectives contain important expertise, but they lose the forest for the trees. The deeper need is to reimagine how we assess the economy in terms of the well-being it …
Behold I am doing something new ... maybe
… up among us. The world itself begins to look different. Maybe this is the place and the tree and the star and the human beings everywhere that we ought to be thinking about now in very … an overflow of differences — coming together. From where I stand, following a star, trimming trees, sharing the gold, the frankincense and the myrrh among us are what Christmas is really all …
Catholics prioritize climate work amid Nigerian elections, but campaigners say it's off the agenda
… disasters such as the deadly floods in Nigeria, it was imperative for Nigerians "to plant trees strategically while the authorities should stop at nothing to restore rivers to their …
Stretched
… voice and cries out. He keeps calling even when the crowd reproaches him. Zacchaeus climbs a tree just to see Jesus, hoping to catch his eye. The fishermen risk their predictable futures by …
How Catholic institutions are building sustainability into aging infrastructure
… head of facilities from 2019–2022. A new investigation revealed the source of sinking: nearby tree roots had grown underneath the building's footings. Nearly 100 piers were drilled deep in … bedrock to stabilize Sedgwick's west side, and an irrigation system was installed to feed the tree's roots, redirect them and prevent future damage. As Riordan put it, "The trees can grow as big as they want and the building can remain stable." Curran, who stepped down …
Book analyzes assumptions about the Magi that shape our experience of Christmas and Epiphany
… the figure of the fourth Magi a bit off to one side of the crèche, hiding behind an evergreen tree that would have been somewhat out of place in the Holy Land of the first century. Eric …
The unexpected way Pope Benedict helped me learn to pray with all creation
… all in all ( 1 Corinthians 15:28 )." Often details and rubrics seem to lose the forest for the trees. But being around Indigenous ceremony helped me to grow into Benedict's holism , what he …
Encounter with Jesus
… Nathaniel asked Jesus how he knew him, and Jesus revealed that he had seen him “under the fig tree.” Nathaniel realizes that Jesus has “seen” him in a powerful moment of prayer, perhaps …
The first green pope: How Benedict's eco-theology paved the way for Francis
… carbon emissions. But the reforestation project never took root. Three years later, no trees had been planted, and the Vatican contemplated legal action against the U.S. and Hungarian …
Upon her rock, Mother Seton prays with St. Mary's Mountain
… subject it to more catholic tests." The mountain — the colors of winter dusk through the bare trees, the surrounding carpet of rocks, the way it cradled the dead in its arms, the pool of …
Wealth of tribute comes for Benedict, who desired simplicity
… email from the Vatican press office, hundreds of tourists were admiring a towering Christmas tree in the square, many unaware that Benedict had died in his secluded residence in the Vatican …