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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
It is harvest time for strawberries in the northern Philippine town of La Trinidad, so strawberry farmer Alice Rivera will start repaying a loan extended by a Geneva-based ecumenical church loan fund.
Posted on 30 January 2012 @ 12:00 am
posted on January 30, 2012 in Columns, Patricia Schneider
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I wandered down to the basement bedroom and looked at what was left… a messed up bed and a playpen in one corner. But memories flitted through my head.
posted on January 23, 2012 in Columns, Patricia Schneider
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We’ve been neighbours for 20 years. Sadly, I watch her husky sons load the truck as they haul their mother’s furniture to her new apartment.
posted on January 16, 2012 in Columns, Patricia Schneider
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It always amazes me that the children you bear can be so terribly different. Delightful but different.
posted on January 9, 2012 in Columns, Patricia Schneider
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My hip surgery was behind me, my recovery going very well and the sun which had only shone seven days out of 31 last month was finally shinning brilliantly.
posted on January 2, 2012 in Columns, Patricia Schneider
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I woke up gradually and saw the face of my youngest daughter gazing at me rather anxiously. My hip surgery was over and now it was time to get back to the real world.
posted on December 26, 2011 in Columns, Patricia Schneider
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Many of us have experienced the let-down when the theatre play is over. It’s natural. For a while we are caught up in the movement, the story and sometimes the music and then it is done.
posted on December 19, 2011 in Columns, Patricia Schneider
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Daughter Robin bought our old house when we decided to move. It certainly made things easier…I didn’t have to tidy it up constantly for prospective buyers, and I left packed up boxes everywhere. Then one day in September the movers arrived.
posted on December 12, 2011 in Columns, Patricia Schneider
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Let there be laughter … no more tears
I’ve cried a river these past few years
posted on December 5, 2011 in Columns, Patricia Schneider
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There are so many examples in nature that remind us that things are never static … change is inevitable .
posted on November 28, 2011 in Columns, Patricia Schneider
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Things will get better, I know that’s true
Because I’ve walked the same road as you.
posted on November 21, 2011 in Columns, Patricia Schneider
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Up the stairs I lug the fair sized box. It contains my Christmas tree. This year I feel a little more enthusiastic about putting it up. (I know widows that refuse to continue putting up trees, but I’m a traditionalist.)
posted on November 14, 2011 in Columns, Patricia Schneider
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One thing I have learned these past few years is how varied grief is. My experience is similar to many yet I find others who are far more stoic, maybe braver, and not nearly as emotional as I have been.
posted on November 7, 2011 in Columns, Patricia Schneider
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I have kept a number of emails sent me after Harry died … one from a dear friend who assured me that although time would help, I would probably never get over my grief as my grief was a tribute to a man who loved me for many years.
And perhaps it is true, that the more you love someone the more you grieve.
posted on October 31, 2011 in Columns, Patricia Schneider
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I met someone the other day
And saw in her my past
posted on October 24, 2011 in Columns, Patricia Schneider
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“Can I do this?” I ask myself. Then making the decision even tougher, I chose the most miserable winter day I could find. It was -20 C and the snowfall at the sides of the roads was in windrows nearly four feet tall. But, I did it!
posted on October 17, 2011 in Columns, Patricia Schneider
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I hadn’t played the family movie for a few years so took courage one day and played it. We looked so young and as I watched I could see our baby girls grow into young adults in front of my eyes.
posted on October 10, 2011 in Columns, Patricia Schneider
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It is very hard in some ways to write about grief … mainly because it is about “you, you, you.”
posted on October 3, 2011 in Columns, Patricia Schneider
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The last time I got a pet and it died, I vowed I would never involve myself again in that kind of grief. The years have slipped by and I still pat dogs and cuddle kittens, but they are not mine … no way, the last lost puppy nearly did me in.
posted on September 26, 2011 in Columns, Patricia Schneider
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My best friend has just been put in long-term care. I remember how her and Harry cried the last time they saw each other at the hospital. I guess they knew the writing was on the wall.
posted on September 19, 2011 in Columns, Patricia Schneider
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It still seems strange to be alone,
When I was with you all those years.
