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Eucharistic prayer in the 21st century

January 12, 2017
By Thomas Reese
National Catholic Reporter

One of the greatest liturgical challenges of the church in the 21st century is to figure out how to do liturgy in a way that is meaningful to people in a post-Darwin, post-Einstein, post-Hubble world.  

Traditional liturgical prayer, based on biblical imagery, presumes a pre-scientific worldview where Earth is...

Utah's new national monument marks big win for the protection of Indigenous cultural sites

By permanently protecting an area rich in indigenous cultural history, Obama has shown that some things are worth more than money.

By Jacqueline Keeler
Nation of Change
January 10, 2017

Face to face with Pope Francis: A reminder of why we must fight inequality and injustice everywhere

January 10, 2017
By Fred Krupp
Environmental Defense Fund

It was one of those rare moments in life that crystallize your sense of purpose, at a most critical time.

Native Americans fight Texas pipeline using 'same model as Standing Rock'

January 9, 2017
By Sam Levin
The Guardian

The Two Rivers camp, protesting the Trans-Pecos pipeline, is the latest sign that the Standing Rock movement is inspiring indigenous-led activism across the US.

Indigenous activists have set up camps in the Texas desert to fight a pipeline project there, the latest sign that the Standing Rock “water protector”...

Ecuador's leading environmental group fights to stop forced closure

NGO Acción Ecológica responds to the government’s attempt to close the organization down

By David Hill
The Guardian
January 7, 2017

Members of one of Latin America’s most well-known environmental organisations, Acción Ecológica, are fighting for their survival against a controversial attempt by...

Amazon Indigenous REDD+: an innovative approach to conserve Colombian forests?

January 6, 2017
By Eliana Garzón
Mongabay

Summary:

* The Amazon Indigenous REDD+ (RIA) initiative led in Colombia by the indigenous organization OPIAC is being implemented in the departments of Amazonas and Guainia, territories made up of 169 indigenous reservations of 56 different villages, not counting the populations that are in voluntary isolation.

 

Muslim environmentalists give their religion — and their mosques — a fresh coat of green

January 4, 2017
By Chris Bentley
WCAI – NPR for the Cape, the Coast, and the Islands

The Koutoubia Mosque is one of the iconic landmarks of Marrakech’s old city. Its first stone was laid in 1150, and almost 900 years later, renovations continue.

The lake lures me to pray

January 2, 2017
By Ellen Dauwer
Global Sisters Report

When I entered religious life almost 40 years ago, living singly was not one of my expectations. Having grown up in a family that taught me to share, persuade and compromise, I had a bit of a head start adjusting to community life and have grown to love and value it deeply.

Vermont diocese to celebrate Year of Creation in 2017

December 27, 2016
By Cori Fugere Urban
Catholic News Service

Burlington, Vt. - The Burlington, Vermont, diocese will observe a special Year of Creation during 2017.

Similar to the global Year of Mercy, which emphasized the role of mercy in the Catholic faith, the diocesan-wide Year of Creation will bring...

Latinx Christianity and religion/ecology are focus of new M.A.R. concentrations

December 22, 2016
Yale Divinity School
http://divinity.yale.edu/news/latinx-christianity-and-religionecology-are-focus-new-mar-concentrations

Yale Divinity School is launching two new concentrated programs of study in the Master of Arts in Religion (M.A.R.)...

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