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Review: "The Church in the Modern World" Part II
… they are looking at have a reality of their own. To the person on the lower floor, the tree may loom large and to the person on the fortieth floor it may appear puny. But, with further investigation, we can determine the truth of how large the tree is. And, all the time we are looking at the tree, making it the object of our knowledge, making it “the known,” the tree is still busy being …
Morning Briefing
… Dennis Coday … Alabama church ties scarves, hats and gloves around trees for those 'stuck out in the cold' … Global Sisters Report looks at vows that wake up the …
Kathy Kelly: An essay from federal prison
… thought of my younger self, this morning, while gazing out of a third floor window at fields, trees and farms outside. In 1989, when this prison was a maximum security prison for women, I …
Real freedom is giving of yourself, over and over again
… spending his days caring for others. In a lovely montage , he catches a kid who falls out of a tree, changes a flat tire for some elderly ladies, and saves a man’s life with the Heimlich …
Mercy sister: We can make things better with the spirit of Catholic social teaching
… of Nazareth, with 140 other people and a fair number of deer, birds, squirrels, and 1,600 trees live on campus in this county (Nelson). It's one of three designated as Kentucky's Catholic …
Vacc-Insanity
… of the Gold Standard, which many libertarians also embrace, or the idea that mammoth new trees can be genetically created to deal with climate change. Libertarianism seems almost …
Al-Qaida, Islamic State have led to misperceptions of Muslims
… the harming of women, children and invalids, the demolishing of houses and even the burning of trees. Responsibility for correcting misrepresentations of Islam falls primarily on moderate …
Italian filmmakers: 'Life can be very different...things can change'
… Paul. Luca: He quoted Saint Paul about bad times [2000 years ago], and he gave a metaphor, “A tree that falls makes more noise than a forest that grows.” And that was perfect. It was the …
MSW Responds to Professor George
… sense of affinity with an embryo, an embryo is not an acorn and will not grow up to be an oak tree. So, it is I, not the Church, who makes that argument. And, I find it is sometimes … And, Freeman Dyson hopes that we can solve the problem by genetically engineering really big trees that would soak up all the excess carbon dioxide. This idea might prove possible … worldwide, who would pay the price is Professor Dyson’s genetically engineered super trees fail. If Professor George wishes to spend the rest of the year impersonating William …
Putting our money where our faith is by divesting from fossil fuels
… and the most vulnerable will continue to suffer increased health problems from pollution. The trees, animals and even rocks groan, waiting for the children of God to do and say what their …
Exhibit encourages viewers, religious and secular, to 'Meet Mary'
… hand gesture in di Credi's painting and that of Eve below, reaching for the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. However fine some of the examples of works are in the exhibit -- which the …