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… Pat Marrin … “Learn a lesson from the fig tree” (Mark 13:28). … Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time … Dn 12:1-3; Ps 16; Heb 10: 11-14, 18; … compares the coming judgment to the arrival of summer signaled by the greening of the fig tree: “Learn a lesson from the fig tree.” The logic of the lesson is clear, but the mention of a fig tree also recalls that just two …
Kenyan bishops urge decisive action on climate change-induced drought
… with faith-based organizations. At the same time, the bishops are inviting citizens to join in tree planting for environmental conservation. They also encouraged the government to facilitate …
EarthBeat Weekly: COP26 results are still too little, though perhaps not too late
… policy, finding that a single Brazilian businessman stripped 50,000 acres of trees from land he purchased. And on the urban front, Sara DeWeerdt at the Anthropocene explains …
Youth, Indigenous people bring climate frontlines to the forefront at COP26
… One project his group supports is the Great Green Wall, which aims to plant millions of trees in the Sahel region to stop desertification. Back on the bridge outside the blue zone, the …
Faith groups increasingly join 'impatient, feisty, unstoppable' fight against climate change
… ground — a place he fears will disappear. He points to the partly submerged stumps of oak trees killed by salt water on land where he rode horses as a kid, and to his mother's home, … and Sikh temples growing pesticide-free food, to Muslim imams and Buddhist monks organizing tree-planting campaigns, the movement knows no denominational boundaries but shares as a driving …
Getting our attention
… tells them that if they have faith the size of a tiny mustard seed, they can order a mulberry tree, known for its deep roots, to replant itself in the sea, and it will obey. Another hyperbole …
EarthBeat Weekly: Without enforcement, presidents' promises at COP26 won't save the world's forests
… officials. Narcotraffickers have made drug crops profitable, creating an incentive to cut trees and plant coca, which is used to make cocaine. They then launder money through illegal … The details differ from country to country, but the overall picture is the same. Worldwide, trees are worth more dead — and out of the way, so land can be "productive" — than alive. The …
Death becomes us: On Día de Los Muertos and honoring Mexican ancestors
… your grandfather," she whispered. "He's accompanying my mother." A breeze rustled the palm trees. The gold dog trotted alongside my grandmother, chaperoning her across cobblestones, dirt …
Faith community arrives in Glasgow to pray, press world leaders for strong action at COP26
… Square. Helen Elwes carried a banner she had painted of Mary with her arms wrapped around a tree that sheltered people and animals beneath its branches. Inspired by Francis' encyclical " …
What I am learning from 'God's First Bible'
… has brought me a deep grounding peace. As summer moved into fall, I became mesmerized by the trees, wondering if they knew what was coming. Wondering if they knew they'd soon be standing …
Vatican Christmas to feature Indigenous Peruvian crèche
… the Andean condor," which is the national symbol of Peru. The crèche will sit under a spruce tree, which is expected to be about 90 feet tall. The tree will come from a sustainably managed forest in the Dolomite mountains of Italy's … Tyrol region. The round wooden ornaments also will come from Trentino, the Vatican said. The tree will be lighted and the Nativity scene will be unveiled the evening of Dec. 10, …