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Descendants of enslaved people join dig on former Jesuit plantation
… except when she served in the Air Force for a decade. A lot of the surnames in her family tree appear on the GU272 list. "I'm sure at some point I will make a connection from my family tree to the list," Wilson said. Wilson, a lifelong Catholic, believes the Jesuits should marry …
Hundreds of bodies found at former Saskatchewan residential school
… of Regina agreed to pay $70,000 to help mark the unidentified graves and add fences and trees to the Cowessess cemetery. At the time, Archbishop Donald Bolen of Regina said he was …
Dialogue demonstrates connections across faith and science
… Brian Roewe … Ever since she was young, Nalini Nadkarni has loved trees. As a kid, she spent days climbing them, and she swore an oath to herself that as a grownup … true to her childhood promise, has done what she can to raise awareness about the values of trees and why their preservation matters to everyone. That mission has led her to speak with …
Bad apples and hungry wolves
… ignore it and see what the person does. Good or bad outcomes reflect the source. Good trees produce good fruit; rotten trees produce bad fruit. A corrupt leader will infect those around him or her. They set the …
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time: How it is with the kingdom of God
… in returning. Added to that, their faith proclaimed that the just would flourish like palm trees; instead, Christians were being martyred in Rome and rejected in Jerusalem. These ugly, …
Catholic groups call for Panama to reverse plan to expand mining
… how small and fragile it is." The terrain is very steep, and if the hillsides were stripped of trees, they would erode quickly. Although mining companies promise to offset deforestation by planting trees elsewhere in the country, "it ends up being tree farms" rather than true reforestation, Fitzgerald said. The statement opposing the new …
Working groups help Vatican prepare Laudato Si' Action Platform for launch
… journey. In the case of biodiversity protection, suggested activities include planting native trees and grasses and protecting pollinators. The dicastery has outlined a general roadmap for …
How to respond to evil: Vengeance must stop, says sister of murder victim
… since [the Oklahoma City bombing]. We've had Newtown and Parkland and El Paso and Dayton and Tree of Life Synagogue and Mother Emmanuel Baptist Church in Charleston. And we know that we have …
With world still in knots, pope turns to Mary with prayers
… for the prayer in the gardens. A total of about 300 people sat under umbrella pines and palm trees, gazing past arches of jasmine toward the Marian image and the dome of St. Peter's Basilica …
Learning to pray
… human. By interweaving the story of Jesus’ cleansing the temple with the parable of the fig tree, Mark seems to offer us a view of Jesus at a moment of deep frustration that he resolves by … head into the city, something odd occurs. Jesus is hungry and looks for fruit on a fig tree. Finding none, he curses the tree, though, Mark tells us, it was not in season. Was Jesus seeing the tree as Jerusalem’s …
'Religion entered into me': A talk with Jane Goodall, 2021 Templeton Prize winner
… for subjects that’s led to so much cruelty to animals. Now, we’re even learning how these trees communicate. It’s such a fascinating world to live in. There’s always something new to … Here I’m lucky. We have a lovely garden and every day I spend half an hour under my favorite tree that I used to climb as a child. I’m joined by a robin and blackbird. The robin today …