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Cardinal invokes Confucian wisdom at Bible synod
… blamed dairy suppliers for the scandal, saying they added the chemical, usually used in plastics and adhesives, to watered-down milk to make it appear richer in protein. The chemical … did not have a defined limit for acceptable levels of melamine, which can leach from plastic packaging into food products. …
Facing Evil: Qui tacet consentit. - Who keeps silent, consents
… BBC reports that naked men dressed in only the scraps of monk’s robes and naked women wearing plastic bags knotted together are trying to walk from the villages. There is no countrywide plan …
Catholic relief agency in Myanmar faces travel restrictions
… water for the whole neighborhood.” Despite these difficulties, Malteser is distributing plastic sheeting, cookware, mosquito nets and more water to households. The Malteser team said there is a great need for food and safe drinking water, tents, plastic sheets or other material for temporary shelter, household items, medicine, clothes and …
The American way -- whatever that is
… can determine whether or not we vote for them smacks to them of a Hollywood culture -- unreal, plastic, superficial, scary. "Does anybody know what these candidates stand for?" they ask. "And …
USCCB Day Two: Bishops tackle stem cells, in vitro fertilization
… used in scores of treatments. Other scientists, however, argue that adult cells lack the full plasticity of embryonic cells. At least two other possibilities have been floated. One comes from …
Struggle to reassert traditional Catholic identity scores two wins
… or $173 for a "family pack" of five, a Catholic can obtain a credit-card sized piece of plastic bearing the holder's name, a picture of Pope Benedict XVI, a holographic icon showing the …
Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire practices nonviolence in Palestine
… to the wall," she continued, "Israeli soldiers started firing a mystery gas at us, and aimed plastic bullets directly at us. Later, they used water cannons. We were a completely unarmed. It … she went back to the protest where people were still being viciously attacked with gas and plastic bullets. She said, "This time, I was overcome with gas. My nose bled terribly and I was …