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“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.”—Soren Kiergegaard provides enigmatic answer when asked what he thinks of Trump’s efforts to buy Greenland from Denmark
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Thanks for the tip. Will look for it. Though it is evidently a collection of pieces. The Pope's own talks to Popular Movements are powerful, all in English on the Vatican website.
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First they came for a little ten year old girl who received a Ruger 10/22 with a pink stock for her birthday. But I did nothing because I was not a ten year old little girl. Then they came for the parents who gave it to her for her birthday, and I was totally cool with that.
This former NRA president is worried about guns being taken away from children
Former NRA Pres. Marion Hammer Worries About Kids’ Guns
This former NRA president is worried about guns being taken away from children
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A letter I would gladly sign.
Theologians, scholars and others, "Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant; Republicans, Democrats, and independents," against the "New Nationalism." commonwealmagazine.org/open-…
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Blaise Pascal, a brilliant intellectual and scientist d Aug 19 1662. After undergoing a profound conversion he turned his genius to the defense of Christianity, convinced that faith gave access to a dimension of truth beyond the reach of reason.
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“We know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you [readers in the future] know whether we did it.”
Scientists bid farewell to Okjökull, the first Icelandic glacier lost to climate change, with a monument that features "A letter to the future" cnn.it/31RHEFB
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"There are times we must decide who we are, what we stand for," Pimentel told the nearly 700 Catholic sisters attending the Assembly. "We must ask ourselves, dear sisters, 'What else must I do in the world today?' " Love Sr. Norma!
A beautiful profile of @nspimentel, the Catholic sister and friend of @Pontifex who ministers at the U.S.-Mexico border. From @soli_salgado and @DanStockman on the occasion of Sr. Pimentel being honored by @LCWR_US globalsistersreport.org/news…
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Nicholas Black Elk of the Oglala Lakota people, b. 1863, grew up in a world on the edge of destruction. At 9 he had a life-altering vision in which he traveled to the center of the universe and heard a call to save his people. At 18 he was initiated in his calling as a holy man.
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Black Elk was present at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. In 1890 he survived the massacre at Wounded Knee. “A people’s dream died there... It was a beautiful dream...the nation’s hoop is broken and scattered. There is no center any longer, and the sacred tree is dead.”
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Thread. My heart is pounding.
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Last Sunday afternoon, I was riding in the car with my 12-year-old son. Just us 2, riding to our (super casual) church. And talking about his first week of school.
Best part: Seeing his friends.
Worst part: Having to wake up early again.
All of it was super normal.
Yup.
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When you are obsessed 💯% of the time with what other people think of you the whole world is either “nasty” or nice. For example Kim Jong Un seems like a nice guy—tough, but a real character, who smiles when he sees you. But Juan Williams, Meghan Duchess of Sussex: def nasty.
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While going through old issues of the Catholic Worker from my days as managing editor (1976-78) I came across this—from a letter by #ThomasMerton to @jhforest1 in the 1960s. I asked Jim if I could publish it in the 12/77 issue and gave it the title “Letter to a Young Activist.”
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Surprisingly, it became the most oft-reprinted text by Merton— and it still speaks to peacemakers and activists today. Recently at @OrbisBooks I published Jim’s reflections on this letter and Merton’s message: “The Root of War is Fear.” orbisbooks.com/the-root-of-w…
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Some years ago leaders of the fossil fuel industry asked themselves how much it would cost to buy the US government. The answer? Considerably cheaper than Greenland (which it turns out is not for sale).
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Her basic theme: that we are created to receive God’s gift, that we are called to open ourselves to this gift, and to be transformed into the gift of God for others. orbisbooks.com/ruth-burrows.… @OrbisBooks
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