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Book elucidates contradictory history of New Orleans, a city that is a crossroads of humanity
… Alex Mikulich … Not unlike the millennia of silt layers that created this crescent-shaped, flood-prone land mass 90 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico, la Nouvelle Orléans is a complex, …
Parish roundup: No resident pastor; who 'wins' the site when there's a merger?
… for the poor and troubled. Catholic Charities comes to the aid of parishioners afflicted by floods in the Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri. [Peter Feuerherd is NCR news editor. His email …
Editorial: Don't look away from concentration camps at the border
… to animals or insects, or using language about advancing hordes, and we're being overrun and flooded and this sort of thing, it's creating the sense of this enormous threat. And that makes …
The hierarchical spirit that will not die
… the cold storage lockers of the traditional seminary system to find their sexuality stirring, flooding them with low level desires for erotic experience for the first time in their lives. …
The purgatory of the sex abuse crisis
… the father of all waters, the sex abuse crisis is the mother of all church scandals. Much like flood managers, who allow the river to have its own way, church officials initially stayed clear …
Links for 5/30/19
… blocked a unanimous consent motion to pass disaster aid for parts of the country hit hard by flooding, wildfires and hurricanes. These deficit hawks never worry about government spending …
'Startling' inaction on climate change must end, pope says
… and cited recent extreme global meteorological events, such as heat waves, droughts, fires and floods, as "a dire premonition of much worse things to come, unless we act and act urgently." "It … of climate changes on people, in terms of extreme meteorological conditions, such as drought, flooding, rising sea level, devastating storms and ferocious fires. The climate crisis is …
A harvest of solidarity
… weather conditions this year will be critical. By May 2013, we will know whether drought and flood predictions have sounded the alarm. For most Americans, this may only mean a rise in food …
Faith-based environmentalists see hope in Green New Deal goals
… ecosystems that sustain life, and to future generations. Hurricanes, droughts, wildfires, and floods are devastating the lives and livelihoods of millions, with the greatest impact felt by …
St. Benedict counsels a little less talk, a little more thought
… tongues and remain silent, not speaking unless asked a question, for scripture warns, 'In a flood of words you will not avoid sinning' (Proverbs 10:19), and 'A talkative person goes about … and make us available to others at the same time. As the Rule of Benedict reads, "In a flood of words, you will not avoid sinning." Too often, so-called conversations or discussions …
Government workers were kept in the dark about their toxic workplace
… and the General Services Administration (GSA). The 300-acre property sits within a flood plain about 10 miles south of downtown Kansas City in a thickly settled residential area. …
Editorial: Zero tolerance for Farrakhan's anti-Semitism
… hug at the end of his speech and took the microphone himself to encourage anyone listening to flood Facebook with Farrakhan's teachings. The Catholic pastor wore a shirt bearing the legend, …
Reactions to new church abuse laws: a good step, but more are needed
… Washington D.C. archbishop was removed from the priesthood. The McCarrick case, along with a flood of disclosures of credibly accused priests and attorneys general investigations, spurred by …
Early evacuation in India spares more than 1 million from deadly cyclone
… Shyamnagar. "Many people have lost their homes as the storm smashed river embankments and the flooding then inundated their villages," Malakar told ucanews.com. Caritas Khulna has been …
Held in God's loving embrace
… and Eve in the Garden of Eden, then kicked their naked selves out over one apple. He sent a flood to wipe the earth of sinners except Noah and family — which, as a kid, and even now, seems …
'Joy comes in the morning'
… planet. Feeling angry and nursing anger are, however, two very different things. Because it floods the human body with adrenaline, anger seeks release, but it can find it in strenuous …
Pope makes donation to help migrants traveling through Mexico
… operators in border cities say they cannot attend to migrants arriving from the south, a flood of deportees and ever-more asylum-seekers requiring long-term shelter as they wait in …
Discovering our own resurrection story
… among the rest of the crowd wiping tears from my eyes when she finishes. The crowd always floods her with gratitude after she's done, thankful to see life in a new way, thankful for her …
God is free to act against our expectations
… free to act against our expectations. We hear how God made the waters of the great, destroying flood "a sign of the waters of baptism." God turned the devouring waters of the Red Sea into a …
Copy Desk Daily, April 22, 2019
… Cathedral was still aflame last week, the interpretations of what this fire meant began to flood the internet and Twitter. We Americans are nothing if not utilitarian and so we seemed … Cathedral was still aflame last week, the interpretations of what this fire meant began to flood the internet and Twitter. We Americans are nothing if not utilitarian and so we seemed … Cathedral was still aflame last week, the interpretations of what this fire meant began to flood the internet and Twitter. We Americans are nothing if not utilitarian and so we seemed …