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Take a breath of gratitude on a day of remembrance
… the majority of them landing in darkness, many of them blown off course, others caught in trees, swamps or impaled on a church steeple. The final tally was a 10 percent casualty rate …
Next Week's USCCB Mtg & The Ad Hoc Cmte on Religious Liberty
… We have lost the forest of helping the poor by providing them access to health care for the trees of conscience clauses. I think conscience clauses are important, but I do not think they …
India: Another day, another rape
… return . Their fathers found them the next morning, hanged by their head scarves from a mango tree. Yes, they were dead. Of course, they were raped. Two hundred million persons live in their …
Will the Vatican step up and hold bishops accountable?
… of Opus Dei, to fume in a weekly radio address : “Let’s not make firewood out of a fallen tree.” Miranda was the first member of the hierarchy subjected to criminal procedure under …
Jesus spends a little time with his kitchen - and kitchen cabinet
… know -- … Nathaniel: … I asked you not to call me Shirley, Lord. … Jesus: … -- olives grow on trees and taste terrible, though better than the trees themselves. But they can be squished into olive oil, which is full of anti-inflammatories …
Memorial Day doesn't stand out for those who never forget the fallen
… at the edge of the property that bumps up to the city streets. There are a few massive oak trees, some old picnic tables, grills and rusted lawn chairs alongside the garden's wooden …
Francis: Caring for the earth a thank-you note to God
… Brian Roewe … Recycling an aluminum can. Planting new trees. Flipping off the light switch. All can act as thank-you notes to God. So said Pope …
It's OK to despair and swear at God
… living in San Francisco I felt like the whole world was conspiring against me: buildings, trees, people. It was a rough time in my life." "Been there. Done that. We all have. Thanks for …
Does Pope Francis know Cardinal Müller uses the sex abuse playbook against LCWR?
… of accusations makes one wonder if he has a Bismarck hiding in the high branches of his family tree. NCR described his rant as "the most direct and confrontational language since the Vatican … while some of the bishops most critical of her got indigestion from trying to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Wondering aloud if the leadership conference has "the … position, second nature to an inveterate cleric who has climbed to a high position on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, as he employs a style through which he "lords it over" …
What the critics of Pope Francis miss
… the phrase "Happy Holidays" rather than "Merry Christmas," you are missing the forest for the trees. Wal-Mart and its fellow commercial enterprises have turned Christmas into an opportunity …