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African bishop on Islam, oil , and why selling the Vatican is a stupid idea
… have been there for centuries. At first, we did not see it in Africa. We used to think that floods and droughts are God’s work done to us, so we would go pray and sacrifice. Now we know …
The car and the pine cone
… a hill. In fits and starts we moved ahead, sometimes as slowly as five miles per hour. I was flooded with annoyance. Why won’t she go faster? I thought. My frustration level rose. Is she …
Pushing Obama's vision: A nuclear free world
… treaty, and the U.N. to pass Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Peace groups are calling us to flood the White House and Congress with letters urging that the obscene sums for the nuclear …
Morning Briefing
… abuse rife in other religions, says Vatican Catholic organizations aid Philippine victims of flooding Former Catholic Priest Apologizes For Molesting Altar Boys …
Owning land liberates people
… in the Guarani areas, building roads, schools, pre-schools, bridges, retaining walls against flooding. Due to inflation and the multitude of family needs, many Guarani men and women feel …
Eucharistic adoration: peaceful, despite the squabble
… of a crowd-pleaser. According to a news item that ran last June through Catholic Exchange, the flood of worshipers who adore the Blessed Sacrament at Uganda's Holy Trinity monastery has …
Why did the bishop of Scranton, Pa., resign?
… pressured Martino to resign, because he knew that complaints from people in the diocese have flooded the Vatican’s apostolic nuncio in Washington and various Vatican offices in Rome in …
Celebrating Immigrants
… back from some distant recesses of my memory with ease: “By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flags to April’s breeze unfurled; Here once embattled farmers stood; and fired the …
Obama on health care encourages Catholic officials
… for abortion. A second coalition made up primarily of faith-based groups also pledged to "flood Congress" for 48 hours, starting Sept. 15, with messages supporting health care reform. The …
Taiwan cardinal, Dalai Lama in wide range discussions
… of ethics and morality in society. Shan warned that the incidence of powerful typhoons and floods will rise as temperatures rise and said that humanity needs to improve preparations and …
Priests, sisters released from Sri Lankan refugee camps
… in the camps have worsened in recent weeks with the onset of monsoon rains, which have caused flooding, according to witnesses. Pro-government Tamil leader Dharmalingam Siddarthan described …
A few slices of Catholic life
… Cory, if for no other reason than that the image of thousands of yellow-clad Filipinos flooding St. Peter's Square ought to be a sight to see. * * * Two Vatican-sponsored …
$100 million contract aids Catholic Charities' work
… Catholic News Service July 31. The contract governs disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and earthquakes provided a federal disaster declaration is issued. It calls for the agency …
The peace of Chaco Canyon
… reverie, these thoughts of mine, but it wasn’t destined to last. The all too familiar contrast flooded my mind -- the morally wretched land, not so far off, of Los Alamos. Los Alamos bears …
Conflicted tradition: It's all the rage!
… and three Series appearances in the 1960s with names like Orlando Cepeda, Bob Gibson, and Curt Flood. (It should be duly noted that while the Red Sox Nation said they didn't win a World Series … Hall of Famers during the opening ceremonies. It is a shame that the Cardinals haven't retired Flood's uniform number on their leftfield wall with the other greats, if not for the …
Pharaoh's daughter came down to the river
… of every oppressed people in history, including the American civil rights movement, a flood toward freedom, unstoppable surge, like birth itself once conception has occurred. We are …
In Memory of Karl Malden 1912-2009 R.I.P.
… man that lived by the river. He heard a radio report that the river was going to rush up and flood the town. And that all the residents should evacuate their homes. But the man said, 'I’m … up. A guy in a row boat came along and he shouted, 'Hey, hey you! You in there. The town is flooding. Let me take you to safety.’ But the man shouted back, 'I’m religious. I pray. God loves … hovering overhead. And a guy with a megaphone shouted, 'Hey you, you down there. The town is flooding. Let me drop this ladder and I’ll take you to safety.’ But the man shouted back that he …
Pakistanis, displaced by bombings, endure hardships
… approaches, in July, these problems will get considerably worse. Monsoons bring regional floods and cause escalating rates of malaria and waterborne diseases. The impact, this year, is …
The climate gap: Poor hardest hit by climate change
… Climate change, studies show, will increase extreme weather events such as heat waves, floods, droughts and wildfires. Air pollution will also worsen with the warming temperatures. …
Courage, Mexico, you do not walk alone!
… of Mexican farmers, whose means of earning a living was decimated after the country was flooded by cheap corn from the United States. "NAFTA did not create a level playing field" for …