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Cardinal shares message of 'Laudato Si'' at Ghana World Youth Day event
… To save the earth and environment from destruction, he called for an end to the felling of trees at current rates. He also advocated for the reintroduction of the Arbor Day celebration in Ghana and elsewhere to encourage the planting of trees. …
Trump's new script makes case for 'collusion'
… allegations against ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick.) Sargent has mistaken the forest for the trees. The real news is not whether the president's tweets are building a case for obstruction of …
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
… came from very natural phenomena. A certain kind of lice puncture the fruit of a particular tree and drink the sweet juice, eventually leaving a substance that flows and congeals and then …
'Christopher Robin' offers a respite from your concerns
… says, "I always get to where I'm going by walking away from where I've been." He goes to the tree where his friend Christopher Robin used to stay, and when he walks through the door, he …
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
… becomes a source of sustenance for all other aspects of creation. For example, God waters the trees abundantly, and in them the birds build their nests (Psalm 104:16-17). Just as all the …
Jon Magnuson
… Jon Magnuson is executive director of the Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette, Michigan. …
Morning Briefing
… sentiment here? " Eco-Catholic columnist Donna Schaper is suffering from Post-Traumatic Tree Disorder after losing two ancient trees on her property. … Listen up! … A lot of podcasts take a production break during summer, …
The trauma of losing trees: a memorial
… state of mind. The microburst, which contained three tornados, had uprooted the two largest trees on our property, both over 75 years old. The two huge trees were blown out by the root ball, while 21 others also went down. We also lost a lilac bush. … a mild version of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. I could respell that post-traumatic tree disorder, PTTD. How dare I? Haven't I seen what happened in Puerto Rico? Was I not in New …
Church goes 'wild' as believers and seekers head for the trees
… ridge around a valley so lovely it doubled as Shangri-La in the 1937 classic "Lost Horizon." Trees exploded and countless wild creatures died in the California wildfire. Victoria Loorz … is typically a dozen people who gather to pray and "look to the Psalms where the land and trees are singing God's praises," Blackmer says. Wild Church leaders are careful to distinguish …
Robins' nest-building reminds me of parents at border
… first year. The world is filled with their predators. Hawks, raccoons, cats, rats, even the tree squirrels who seem most interested in the seeds in our bird feeders, all of them are …
Dorothy Day offered herself as she was to God
… much more meditative and complex: not the portrait of a single person but of a family tree. It's a portrait of the relationship between a mother, a daughter and a granddaughter, …
Three new films explore father-daughter relationships
… to be kind, they only want to normalize Tom and Will. A man (Jeff Kober) who owns a Christmas tree farm reads about the pair in the newspaper and offers them a home and work for Will. Social …
Simple action of carrying water in the desert prevents migrant deaths
… in late 2017 when she and other volunteers encountered a human skull under a mesquite tree in the desert near Ajo. "Silence fell over our group as we realized what we had discovered," …
Two new art exhibits address earthly spirituality
… is created by the ancestral beings," Skerritt said. "Everything has ancestral presence: Every tree and animal has ancestral identity." That is why, he added, the artists used materials from …
Seeking Refuge: Jordan takes in masses of Syrians but prefers they don't stay
… Azraq refugee camp is located in the desolate desert, two hours southeast of Amman. Without a tree in sight, everything in the camp is brown, coated by a desert dust so prevalent even the …
NCR awards from the Catholic Press Association 2018
… and their teachers bring the principles of "Laudato Si" into their schools — from the "ID a Tree" challenge to taste tests of fair-trade chocolate — are told in lively anecdotes, providing …
Poor People's Campaign rally ends with vows to keep organizing and protesting
… and have worked with Put People First PA!, seeking universal health care in their state, while Tree Muldrow's cause was the Coalition to Abolish Death by Incarceration. "We all have similar …
Jew, Christian, Muslim: 'See the Beloved everywhere'
… recipe of persimmons with goat cheese! One of the most treasured ornaments on my Christmas tree is a tiny crèche made in Bethlehem that my Muslim friend Maram brought from her native …
Parishioners in Kenya disappointed after priest suspended for rapping
… priest attracted hundreds of young people to church, where they would stay. He also initiated tree planting and other community projects, she said. "We are happy that his style of preaching …
Pope: Commandments are God's loving words, not oppressive commands
… of Adam and Eve, which was meant to convince them that God forbade them to eat from the tree to keep them submissive, is a challenge for Christians today who must choose "between a …