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Living the Eucharist: resisting the destruction of Jeju Island
… Mun Jeong Hyeon, who has spent nearly three years in prison for his resistance, in sitting on plastic chairs stretched out across the base entrance. As grace would have it, I also became …
Winter's early arrival challenges Iraqi Christians who fled militants
… a premium. What is left of their worldly possessions is contained in some small suitcases and plastic bags. Babies cry as people talk loudly; silence is a rarity. A badly traumatized woman …
Puberty for girls is difficult enough without added shame
… black girls in my fifth-grade class: plaits decorated with barrettes and elastic bands with plastic balls on the ends that we used to call "knockers." In the post, the dad states that the …
A Grave Situation
… I’m not just talking about the inclination of many of the residents to morph into a plastic alien-looking agelessness or the industry’s obsession with youth. I’m being literal: …
Barbie's latest profession angers Italian Catholic bishops
… Pool Paolini , produced 33 dolls of various religious figures for a show named "Barbie, The Plastic Religion," which opens Oct. 11 in Buenos Aires. SIR, an Italian website backed by the … is finished? If you did, you're forgetting that there is also the masculine component of the plastic couple. So you can see the faithful and eternal boyfriend Ken dressed as Jesus, Saint …
Sit here awhile and rest
… Benton … The water roars out of the tap and makes a beat in double-time on the bottom of the plastic tub. I test the temperature and twist alternately the hot and the cold to correct it, …
Liberian bishop: Lack of proper health care facilitates rapid spread of Ebola
… personal protective equipment, latex gloves, rain boots, chlorine, facial masks, heavy-duty plastic aprons, goggles, antiseptic hand sensitizers and powder soap, he noted. Currently, the …
Displaced Iraqis face daily struggle against desperation, anxiety
… who fled advancing Islamic State fighters. She said the day might begin by waking under the plastic cover of the makeshift tent that has become home. Then it would be time to pluck the damp …
BVM, OMG!
… the St. Louis Jesuits hymns on her autoharp. (Did I mention it was the '70s?) Clutching our plastic rosaries, we'd process two by two from our classroom, surrounding the much-envied …
Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone need us to hear their voice
… that rely on child soldiers. They are understandably hostile to foreigners totally encased in plastic who tell them to give their loved ones to the foreigners for medical care, to establish a …