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Avoiding 'condom-gate' in Africa
… Samuel Joseph Bilewu Oschoffa, who claimed to have experienced a divine revelation during a solar eclipse, and who believed that God had graced him with the ability to heal and raise the …
On this day: Miracle of the Sun
… 13th. The rain stopped, the clouds parted, and the sun began to spin. For ten minutes the solar phenomenon continued. The witnesses saw brilliant colors, and the dancing sun seemed to …
Morning Briefing
… Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity … Catholic Charities diverts solar savings to service … Priests in Washington area form baseball team to encourage young men …
Peace activists make 'strategic withdrawal'
… the new [plant] is by far a poorer generator of jobs” than other alternatives, such as wind or solar energy production. The Peace Planters say that, despite their withdrawal of the current …
A Benedictine for president?
… homes stricken with poverty. I would fund energy-saving improvements -- insulation of houses, solar panels and replacement of inefficient furnaces for households making less than $30,000 a …
'Cool congregations': The Interfaith Power & Light story, part 2
… where green businesses will pay houses of worship for the renewable energy they produce from solar panels on those houses of worship. … Catholic Impact on the Interfaith Power & Light …
'Cool congregations': The Interfaith Power & Light story, part 1
… Shortly after my parish of St. Elizabeth in Wyandotte was featured on public radio for putting solar panels and a wind turbine on the rectory in 2001 Rev. Bingham contacted me and we became …
Paving stones tell time in St. Peter's Square
… of the fountains acts as the meridian: a line that indicates when the sun has reached true or solar noon and is at its highest point in the sky. The pope, in his solstice soliloquy, reminded … the inclination of the Earth's axis. Heilbron, who wrote "The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar Observatories," said the basilica's meridian was also used "to establish a very good value …
Nearing Hiroshima Day, Japanese bishop calls for discernment on nuclear energy
… modern world has to stop take this chance to seriously consider our use of energy. Even though solar energy is unlimited, why do we need such a huge amount of energy? Is progress always a good …
Database of Catholic religious communities and the land
… Farm. A Catholic project in New Mexico is cited for its use of straw-bale construction and solar energy. The 80-acre campus of St. John’s University in rural Minnesota has introduced a …