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Restoring the Earth in South Sudan
… Udillio, the diocesan administrator, is an avid gardener and wants everyone to stop cutting trees and to plant fruit trees. He asked all parishes to get involved. Wonderful mahogany and teak trees are being cut down for "business." with no replanting. As a result, Wau has less rainfall …
Border woman
… of the New Creation. She becomes a type of the church, born from the side of Jesus on the Tree of Life, the cross. The 1949 film, “Adam’s Rib,” is about the equality of the sexes. A …
The Capitol riot was an attempt to lynch our democracy
… not support the Trump world order. James Cone's powerful 2011 book, The Cross and the Lynching Tree , links lynching — a violent assertion of white supremacy — with Christ's crucifixion. He …
Original Blessing
… drama of Original Sin took place as humanity chose to partake of the forbidden fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Jesus emphasized this when he answered the scribes and …
Capitol insurrectionists: I have met them before
… cars and the officer asked me, "When we catch him, do you want us to string him up in the tree in front of your house?" The mugger scared me. The police officer terrified me. I have met …
EarthBeat Weekly: Environment defenders face dual threat of climate change, murder
… this week: … Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Virginia raised $5,000 to plant 5,00 trees in Kenya , as part of a continuing commitment to environmental stewardship and a newfound …
5,000 trees link Virginia parish with Kenyan farmers
… parishioners at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Hampton, Virginia, planted five new trees on the parish grounds. There were two serviceberry trees, two Chinese fringes and a dawn … with farmers an ocean away. The trees were planted through The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program, or TIST, a U.S.-based organization that markets carbon offsets from the …
Brutal attacks against clergy in Nigeria cause fear among Catholics
… where Gbakaan worked. The attackers reportedly hacked the priest to death , tied his body to a tree in a nearby bush and left with his brother. Fr. Stephen Akagwu, who Gbakaan worked under …
New Asia-Oceania church network pursues sustainable common home in vast biome
… and Indigenous people. "This for me is a listening process. I've learned to listen to the trees for most of my life, so now I have to listen to people. I'm not in a hurry. I want to hear …
Yanomami leader brings 'ancestral wisdom' to Brazilian Academy of Sciences
… is no other land where we can go,'" he said, adding that the game animals, wild honey and trees that bear fruit like açaí and Brazil nuts "are very important, so our children have food." …
Faith groups applaud Biden's 'bold' executive actions on climate, environmental justice
… of the White House "climate day" with the Jewish holiday of Tu BiShvat, or the "New Year for Trees." A number of faith groups, including GreenFaith and the Minnesota chapter of Interfaith …