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An 83 year old Jesuit held in India on charges of sedition.
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Stan Swamy is an 83 year old priest who has spent his life fighting for poor people in India. He's in jail on ridiculous charges of sedition. He has Parkinson's and trembles. They won't even give him a sipper cup so he can drink water. @RobertEllsberg @AnooBhu
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Books about the four North American Church Women and other martyrs of El Salvador. @OrbisBooks
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Even after explaining the new situation with his attorney, the master’s family remained skeptical. “He is not my brother,” Junior protested. “Think of him as more of an uncle,” the master said—“an uncle who will never testify against me.” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
The master needed time to ponder the unusual Proposal—that he adopt his attorney as his own son. “There are many tax advantages,” the lawyer explained. “It means our fortunes are inseparable. Your people shall be my people and your God shall be my God.” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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German theologian Johann Baptist Metz died last year 12/2 2019. His theology was crucially shaped by need to account for the failure of Christians to respond adequately to Hitler. His post-Auschwitz theology took account not only of the suffering of Jews but silence of Christians
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In death they joined thousands of poor Salvadorans whose only crime was believing that another world was possible. Inspired by the call of Oscar Romero they had come to serve the poor--heeding his warning that those who side with the poor must "risk the same fate as the poor."
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Jean Donovan left behind a promising career and possible marriage but stayed despite the clear risks. "Several times I have decided to leave"--except for the kids. "Who would care for them? Whose heart would be so staunch as to favor the reasonable thing in a sea of their tears?"
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Each of the sisters struggled with fear and prayed that if the worst came they would be faithful. In the end, witnesses to the cross, they became witnesses to the resurrection. They died not simply for clinging to their faith but for clinging, like Jesus, to the poor. PRESENTE!
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40 years ago, Dec 2 1980, four North American church women in San Salvador were shot by Salvadoran troops, and buried in a shallow grave in a cow pasture. They were Maryknoll Srs Maura Clarke and Ita Ford, Ursuline Dorothy Kazal, lay missioner Jean Donovan (age 27).
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In death they joined thousands of poor Salvadorans whose whose crime was believing that another world was possible. Inspired by the call of Oscar Romero they had come to serve the poor--heeding his warning that those who side with the poor must "risk the same fate as the poor."
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Jean Donovan left behind a promising career and possible marriage but stayed despite the clear risks. "Several times I have decided to leave"--except for the kids. "Who would care for them? Whose heart would be so staunch as to favor the reasonable thing in a sea of their tears?"
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Remembering lessons from another recent plague: What reporting on the AIDS epidemic taught me about my fellow LGBT Catholics americamagazine.org/faith/20…
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The master needed time to ponder the unusual Proposal—that he adopt his attorney as his own son. “There are many tax advantages,” the lawyer explained. “It means our fortunes are inseparable. Your people shall be my people and your God shall be my God.” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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The master had what he called an “insurance policy” in the form of drawings that depicted the Crown Prosecutor in a series of “compromising” situations. Perhaps these scenes had not actually occurred, but about that the public could decide for themselves. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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