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With $4,000 a month, sister feeds Nairobi's destitute, disabled elderly
… was nothing for the elderly people. They saw people dying in huts, houses, on streets, under trees. They decided to start something for the destitute elderly. When they started they opened …
At Vatican, world's mayors vow to tackle climate change, poverty
… to make a living," she said. "They say, 'If I need fuel, don't tell me not to cut down my trees because that's the only way I am going to be able to cook my food.'" Communities will need …
Ignatius and Islam: Uncovering interfaith intersections
… in the ninth century: The initiate will capture what is being said when the wind blows, the trees sway, water flows, flies buzz, doors creak, birds sing, or in the sound of strings or …
People of faith are responsible for serving as society's conscience
… and their backers say must be saved. It is an ancient theater of life in which new trees shoot out of dead trunks. Fungus and moss upholster spreading branches. Ferns and wildflowers quilt the ground. Fallen trees lean at crazy angles amid the pounding, powerful force at work here, the force of life. … miles an hour? Are we incapable of staring -- really staring -- at a 150-foot-tall Douglas fir tree arrowed toward the clouds and of meditating on the creation and our part in it? I took my …
Bishop Morrie says it's not about the soup
… you are, Father!" "How do you solve a problem like Maria?" Morrie sings badly. "She climbs a tree and scrapes her knee and waltzes on her way to Mass and dooby dooby doo, what are we gonna …
Pope to archbishops: Live what you preach, give authentic witness
… or a Christian without witness is sterile: a dead person who thinks they are alive, a dry tree that does not give fruit, an empty well that does not give water," Francis said. Monday's …
‘Batkid Begins’ – a wish with a life of its own
… ever had the absolute joy of being part of. In several scenes a large, decorated Christmas tree appears in the background. After all, it was mid-November and the shopping season had begun. But the tree made me think of the spirit of Christmas and how good people are. As for Miles, his …
Contemplating the Reign of God
… parable today, the parable about the tiny mustard seed becoming a bush and not a mighty cedar tree like Ezekiel saw — just a bush, but it’s a bush that shows a kind of humility, so the Reign …
Why Pope Francis' encyclical matters
… embrace, the environmental movement goes mainstream. They can no longer be denigrated as tree-huggers and Gaia worshippers. Despite its efforts, the environmental movement has had only …
God gives the growth
… of Israel's history. Interpreting every high point ("I, the Lord ... lift high the lowly tree") and low point ("I, the Lord, bring low the high tree"), Ezekiel urged his people to … related the experience of a friend who visited an apple orchard in Maine. There, he saw apple trees so laden with fruit that their branches had to be propped up to keep them off the ground. When asked about it, the orchard owner told his visitor to look at the trunks of the trees near the bottom. When he did, he saw that the trees had been wounded with a deep gash. …
Franciscan: Encyclical title affirms all creatures have common creator
… and with other human beings, said the head of the Franciscan order. Sitting under towering trees, surrounded by potted flowers and herbs in the garden of the Franciscan headquarters in … brothers and sisters to one another, he said, "part of one family that embraces all creation: trees, sun, rivers, wind, fire -- all of these because they all give glory to God." While St. …
South Korean SUV joins elite popemobile fleet
… lighter and stronger than Kevlar when woven into matting and encased in resin made from tree sap," the carmaker joked. …
Five things to look for in the encyclical on environment
… With the Catholic church's support, it cannot be dismissed as simply being a bunch of tree huggers and Gaia worshippers. … The encyclical will insist that environmental issues are not …
Charles Manson's chaplain speaks out amid national death row debate
… of survival. He once told me: "This is my world, and I decide when you do what you do. The trees, the stars, the grass, they all belong to me." Charles was interested in the manipulation …
Texas governor says response to prayer after accident made him stronger
… not always lived life in a wheelchair. He was on his morning jog 31 years ago when a falling tree broke his spinal cord, leaving him partially paralyzed. Abbott, a Catholic, noted at the …
Legacy of lynching endures in 'Death Belt'
… States today. Copeland invites us to remember, in the words of James Cone, how "the lynching tree can liberate the cross from false pieties of well-meaning Christians. ... The cross can redeem the lynching tree, and thereby bestow upon lynched black bodies an eschatological meaning for their ultimate …
'Marie's Story' captures life's sacramental dimensions
… go to talk, the girl senses something is different and runs through the garden and climbs a tree. Young Sr. Marguerite (Isabelle Carré) is sent to bring Marie down and gently extends her …
The Salt of the Earth
… Minas Gerais, Brazil. He and Lelia reforested the land, planting over two and a half million trees, and eventually created a major non-profit devoted to ecological sustainability and … film, the artist discovers the calcified carapace of a cicada’s corpse clinging to one of his trees. Gummed by the spit of hundreds of termites crawling around it, it has become almost one …
Panel contemplates why the papal encyclical on the environment will matter
… keenly aware of the impact that climate change is already having on flooding, wildlife, and tree-line shifting. Unlike in the U.S., where there is still significant doubt and disbelief …
It's not easy being an incredible shrinking man
… movie, this dot of a man is walking in his garden through blades of grass that are taller than trees, among towering flowers that look like planets and suns, and sailing on a twig over a …