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Archbishop Hieronymos II of Athens and All Greece on 2 February warned the Greek government of a possible social upheaval if more austerity measures are ushered in by international financial institutions overseeing the sovereign debt crisis.
Posted on 3 February 2012 @ 12:00 am
Cardinal Oswald Gracias, president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India, told the bishops' biennial assembly on 1 February that the widening of the gap between rich and poor is "a matter of serious concern for the church."
Posted on 2 February 2012 @ 12:00 am
Roman Catholic bishops in Malawi have endorsed a government move to allow men to get circumcised in hospitals as a prevention measure aimed at HIV/AIDS.
Posted on 1 February 2012 @ 12:00 am
A group of theologically conservative American Christian leaders is joining with animal rights defenders to advocate against cockfighting, calling the practice of watching and betting on roosters who fight to the death antithetical to biblical values.
Posted on 31 January 2012 @ 12:00 am
posted on September 27, 2010 in Columns, Patricia Schneider
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“Quick, out of the house,” my mother yelled to her three little girls. There was no argument from any of us, by the tone of her voice she meant business.
posted on September 27, 2010 in Columns, The Messy Table
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September is always about the creation of the world. After the summer’s haphazard ways, we find new patterns and new ways of being. It is, as Thomas Merton once wrote, the time of year when everyone is filled with ambition.
posted on September 21, 2010 in Columns, The Messy Table
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And then there are the little details. How do we all stay clean, and how is that going to affect the fragile planet?
Okay, so perhaps not so little.
posted on September 20, 2010 in Columns, Patricia Schneider
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It was seven days of sea-sickness on the old Franconia, which I believe was dry-docked some time later.
posted on September 15, 2010 in In Song
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How do you get the right style when leading worship songs rooted in popular and dance music? It comes down to rhythm. Here are some practical helps, with links to online videos.
posted on September 15, 2010 in Columns, Wondering Wanderer
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I’ve often described myself as a postmodern being, without being quite sure what postmodernism is. It has, however, never led me into a slough of despond.
posted on September 13, 2010 in Columns, Patricia Schneider
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With a lift of his glass of egg-nog, my husband wished us all a Merry Christmas. They were the last happy words I heard from him for over a week.
posted on September 13, 2010 in Columns, The Messy Table
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Growing up, every Sunday morning saw me in a big stone church in downtown Ottawa. I was one of the kids in the pale blue choir gowns, my pigtails scruffily bunched up (again), much to my mother’s chagrin.
posted on September 6, 2010 in Columns, The Messy Table
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It was one year ago this week that the Spouse lost his job. The timing of this only occurred to us a few days ago as we drove to the airport.
posted on September 6, 2010 in Columns, Patricia Schneider
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His two hands reach out and enclose mine in greeting. We have not seen each other in 40 years.
posted on September 1, 2010 in In Song
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I wonder if we suffer, not from a lack of faith, but from a poverty of imagination. Or do we accept what is dysfunctional because of our fierce loyalty to the church? Here are some more hymns to balance and shape us anew.
posted on September 1, 2010 in Blogs, Connie Purvis, Malawi 2010
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“Farewell, farewell, but not forever!” the Malawians sang as the Canadians began, one by one, to vanish into Chileka airport security.
posted on September 1, 2010 in Blogs, Connie Purvis, Malawi 2010
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“What do you most want to see?” asked our guide, Raphael, who looked all the world like a gun-toting Peter Pan.
“Elephants!” came the communal cry.
posted on September 1, 2010 in Blogs, Connie Purvis, Malawi 2010
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Inside one of the classrooms of Ng’onga Primary School, about a dozen villagers meet each Monday. All of them are HIV positive, and live in an area that has been particularly hard-hit by the pandemic.
posted on September 1, 2010 in Blogs, Connie Purvis, Malawi 2010
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Alex, 19, is unable to speak or walk, and he lacks motor skills. At Tidzalerana Club, a meeting for people living with disabilities, he lay with his head in his grandmother’s lap.
posted on September 1, 2010 in Blogs, Connie Purvis, Malawi 2010
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Some had spent the weekend in beautiful houses behind high walls and well watched gates, with attentive maids and personal drivers. The homestay experience had been a glimpse into the world of Blantyre’s upper class. But today it jarred with another part of the same world.
posted on September 1, 2010 in Blogs, Connie Purvis, Malawi 2010
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The morning meant departure from the beauty of Likhubula House and the ever-present vision of Mount Mulanje. It was time to return to the city, and to face a new cultural challenge.
posted on September 1, 2010 in Blogs, Connie Purvis, Malawi 2010
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The climb began at 6 a.m. on May 12. It took over six hours to reach the CCAP cottage on one of Mount Mulanje’s most popular plateaus.
posted on September 1, 2010 in Blogs, Connie Purvis, Malawi 2010
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“This was the one thing on the itinerary that I felt uncomfortable doing because it’s something I’d never do back home,” admitted Sarah Smith as she sat with the other youth on a concrete floor at Mulanje Mission Hospital. “It was like I was being a tourist of sickness, almost, but I don’t feel like it did any harm so I’m not sure.”
posted on September 1, 2010 in Blogs, Connie Purvis, Malawi 2010
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It was a sentiment commonly expressed by participants on short term mission trips. “The people here seem so happy, even though they have so little.”
