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Union father inspires priest's stand with miners
… Brian Roewe … Sitting on the pavement wearing a clear plastic poncho, Fr. Andy Switzer knew the drill. The rain-soaked labor rally held July 9 at …
Fruits of oppression: Plight of migrant farmworkers at center of Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies
… my decision. My kids go to the grocery store and pick out beautiful strawberries packaged in plastic (recyclable, of course) tubs. We bring them home, wash them and enjoy a healthy snack …
The 'Holy Land' of Kentucky and the Bluegrass Pipeline
… natural gas byproducts ever reach the Gulf, they are slated for export overseas to manufacture plastics. As Susan Classen, a Loretto co-member who lives at the Motherhouse, said about the …
The model of Gaviotas, a sustainable village
… lies deep in the aquifer, so they designed sensitive solar collectors, delicate wind mills and plastic sleeve pumps children can operate on teeter-totters. The local indigenous people needed …
Singing in the rain at Copacabana
… lookers-on at papal venues, aside from banners festooned with pictures of the pope, has been plastic ponchos to ward off the elements. The pope joked about the weather Thursday in a …
Pope decries 'dealers of death,' opposes drug legalization
… and rainy, and most in the small crowd in a hospital courtyard carried umbrellas or sported plastic ponchos. A Franciscan from the hospital told Francis that the "leper of our day ... is …
At Marian shrine, Francis is world's pastor
… with a plexiglass covering, though no windows, while most people who turned out were wearing plastic ponchos or sporting umbrellas. As he usually does in Rome, Francis paused several times …
Visiting a model prisoner in southeast Missouri
… I brought pork chops, dressing, fried apples and a Sara Lee cheesecake. The regs require clear plastic containers, no fresh food, no frozen food and no knives -- not even plastic knives -- so our pork chops were finger food. It was a good visit. I've known Kenneth …
A little honesty
… heard these narratives identified with the people in the stories. They certainly weren’t plastic saints; they had tremendous faults. But they also had one saving grace: their honesty. …
Morning Briefing
… I’m going to have on my soul the death of 20 million babies. I’m getting medals, scapulars, plastic fetuses, letters written in blood, telephone calls all over the system and it’s not …
Spiritual boosts for reading moms
… from blowing bubbles on the front lawn to letting out an expletive after stepping on a plastic dinosaur on the floor. Moyer is neither overly saccharine nor holier-than-thou, and her …