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Patriarch urges more spiritual Christmas, calls for end to arms trade
… more spiritual holiday celebration and also encouraged all parishes to turn off the Christmas tree lights for five minutes in solidarity with all the victims of violence and terrorism. In …
Pope calls on global leaders to abolish death penalty, provide healthcare, forgive debt
… not only for men and women, but also for the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, plants and trees, all things great and small,” states the pope. “He saw and embraced all of creation.” “But …
'Francis Effect' inspires efforts to address inner-city troubles
… gun-violence victims who then spoke the name of their loved one and placed the ornament on a "tree of remembrance." "At least 50 people stood in line to hang an ornament," Taylor told NCR . …
Overtime for COP21 may synch deal signing with demonstrations
… from the chilly Paris evening, passing a square Earth art installation and the Climate Ribbon tree while a break-dancing circle on the cold concrete floor broke out to fill the time between …
COP21 draft agreement moves forward toward a global deal
… situations. There are some who at the instance of any storm have to climb the coconut tree and strap themselves to the tree to be able to withstand the storm. Some have the agriculture areas on islands already …
Hunting nun with a trophy deer misses the mark on Catholic teachings
… none of my classmates if we found that one our teachers, like Bauer, spent some time in a tree stand with a rosary and rifle. But as someone who now works in New York City, I can see why … is about something other than conservation. In the context of praying her rosary while in the tree stand, and having a deer come into her sights, Sister Bauer said, “I just think the Blessed …
Have we listened to the message of Jesus?
… this one who is coming." Jeremiah was picturing the house of David as a beautiful, magnificent tree that had been chopped down with only a stump left, but then from that stump a sprout begins …
Links for 12/3/15
… disgusted that so many houses already have up their Christmas lights and even their Christmas trees! But, we must resist and what better way to resist than listening to some of the beautiful …
Advent's focus is waiting for Christmas but also includes lots of feasts
… similar to Christmas but with variations: Instead of gifts placed in stockings or under the tree, they are placed in children's shoes left outside their bedroom door the previous night. The …
Palestinian Authority limits Christmas celebrations in West Bank
… streets. Although Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah will light the towering Christmas tree in Manger Square he will not participate in a festive post-lighting dinner hosted by the …
Pope calls for eliminating carbon use, says failure in Paris would be 'catastrophic'
… office, Sahle-Work Zewde. Before his address, Francis and Zewde also symbolically planted a tree outside the office building. Francis spoke about that planting at the beginning of his remarks, saying that planting trees is "first and foremost an invitation to continue the battle against phenomena like … earth and for the future of humanity,'" said the pope, quoting Laudato Si' . "Planting a tree is also an incentive to keep trusting, hoping, and above all working in practice to reverse …
God loves diversity, both in us and the earth
… the diversity of life on earth: seas and rivers, winds and clouds, soil and snow and ice, trees and grasses, mountains and valleys, birds and animals of all kinds. And herein lies a …
Planting good seeds in the fertility of the mind: Rise up to the Paris climate pledge
… Joan Brown … The pomegranates on our tree cracked open while I was at the World Parliament of Religions in Salt Lake City in …
We can't respond to killing with more killing
… seems to have not been sure. In his human knowledge, he talks about, "When you see the fig tree blossoming, you know the time for the new growth is nearer, when you'll be able to harvest …
When the Spirit Moves
… Canada, the San Juans are a cluster of small to medium-sized islands, mostly covered by trees, and surrounded by miles of rocky beaches. I will never stop being amazed that regular … me. As we were plodding up the first hill, Emmaly pointed up at sun rays splaying through the trees, like golden misty fingers. I laughed, and said, "When I was little, in my Children's …
Primordial faith embraces coexistence in Indonesia
… bamboo. Macaques and lutung-lutung , or leaf-monkeys, leaped from branch to branch in the trees overhead. Above us soared a sea eagle. I glimpsed a peacock in the brush. Rangers we … is full of penunggu : guardian nature-spirits that inhabit the tallest and noblest of the trees that surrounded us everywhere along the trail. They sense the intentions of those who enter …
'Young people' who stay with the church are different from those who leave and come back
… a sense of God's presence by spending Sunday mornings enjoying the amber and gold leaves of trees along a running trail, instead of spending it inside a church. I know great freedom can …
Francis on environmental education and spirituality
… showing care for other living beings, using public transport or car-pooling, planting trees, turning off unnecessary lights, or any number of other practices.” Christian spirituality …
Aid workers assess areas hit by typhoon as Philippines gets more rain
… main island in the north, packing 108 mile-per-hour winds that toppled power lines and trees and blew off roofs. Its pounding rains caused chest-high flooding in some areas, while …
Settle in around the headstone for a picnic
… Tennessee to join her husband on the prairie. She said she spied what she thought was a tall tree on the horizon and began to weep for joy. Where there was one great tree, there must be others. As the train drew nearer, she saw that it was a heap of buffalo …