‘The Death of the Forest Is the End of Our Life’ by mvenner | Oct 2, 2019 | Blog SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 BY ELIAS CRIM A mural depicting Sister Dorothy Stang and other rainforest martyrs. (Source: Mongabay News, www.news.mongabay.com) Wilson Pinheiro, murdered in 1980. Vicente Canas, stabbed to death in 1987. Chico Mendez, assassinated in 1988. Jose...
Amazonia: The gift and the challenge: Reading the signs of the times by mvenner | Oct 2, 2019 | BlogAmazonia and Pope Francis have shaken the papacy out of its complacency and provoked a synod on the theme "Amazonia: new paths for the Church and for an integral ecology". Assuming an unchanged goal, making disciples and new paths will mean identifying obstacles that...
Bishops unite in Central/Meso-America to work toward equitable economic development, responsible and supportive use of natural resources, and the preservation of traditional cultures by mvenner | Oct 1, 2019 | UncategorizedBy Claire Lesegretain in La Croix, Mexico, October 1, 2019 Bishops of the eight countries of Mesoamerica (Central America and Mexico) met to discuss how to protect the region’s ecology. (Photo by Ho/AFP) The first ever meeting of Catholic bishops representing Central...
‘The religion of this people is their land,’ say Sr. Dorothy Stang’s successors by mvenner | Sep 5, 2019 | Blog, UncategorizedSr. Jane Dwyer and Sr. Katy Webster, both Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, continue the ministry of Sr. Dorothy Stang of the same congregation, who was assassinated in 2005 in retribution for her work with landless farmers. The dirt inside the little vase they are...
Pope Francis: May God, the lover of life, grant us the courage to do good without waiting for someone else to begin, or until it is too late. by mvenner | Sep 3, 2019 | UncategorizedToday the Pope went to Santa Maria Maggiore to pray... May God, the lover of life, grant us the courage to do good without waiting for someone else to begin, or until it is too late. Pope Francis, 2 Sept 2019 https://t.co/ugglgmzHtO
Acedia, Ecology, And The Via Positiva by mvenner | Sep 2, 2019 | UncategorizedBy Matthew Fox, 2 Sept 2019 During the industrial revolution the captains of industry complained about “sloth,” as the deadly sin of acedia was translated at that time. They considered anyone who did not want to work 14-hour days, six days a week, alongside 12 year...
A Season for Undertaking Prophetic Action by mvenner | Sep 1, 2019 | UncategorizedVatican Media Screenshot Pope Francis’ Message for World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation ‘Each Christian man and woman, every member of the human family, can act as a thin yet unique and indispensable thread in weaving a network of life that embraces everyone’ 1...
Amazonian Indigenous Peoples Speak Out by mvenner | Aug 31, 2019 | UncategorizedThe Amazon sequesters vast amounts of carbon with its trees absorbing around a quarter of the carbon dioxide released annually by fossil fuels. The Amazon is also a major source of rain and weather patterns that maintain vital ecosystems across South America and...
Do not underestimate the destructive power of lies by mvenner | Aug 29, 2019 | Uncategorized...and do not ever imagine that your world cannot collapse, as ours did...many who were older and wiser than me at that time also shared my childlike state. If disaster comes, you will find that all the myths you once cherished are of no use to you. You will see what...
People must come before profits: Pope Francis reiterates that the Church is committed to the preservation of land and people by mvenner | Aug 28, 2019 | UncategorizedLet us recognize that when we went to meet the peoples of the Amazon in the course of history, it was not first of all to learn their wisdom, but to seize their territory and its resources. Even today, there is still the temptation to over-exploit this nature, for the...
