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Are we serious about fasting?

Wednesday, February 17, 2010
By Bryan Cones
I've had some friends ask me what the value of fasting is: Why give something up instead of "doing" something, or helping someone in need?
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Can Catholics go greener?

Wednesday, April 22, 2009
By Bryan Cones
I was pleased to read today of a new Catholic initiative on climate change, the Catholic Climate Covenant, which was introduced yesterday by Bishop William Skylstad of Spokane, Washington, according to a New York Times blog. Catholic insitutions--schools, hospitals, and parishes--together could make a big difference in our collective carbon footprint.
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Some bright ideas for Earth Day

Friday, April 17, 2009
By goodwink
Some bright ideas for Earth Day
Sometimes I think I'm a bad daughter-I'm often too busy to think much about my mother and I'm certainly too busy to call home more than a couple of times a month. But I suppose my own mother is lucky for getting a call every couple of weeks. Mother Earth may only hear from her kids once a year on Earth Day, celebrated throughout much of the world on April 22.
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41 bright ideas for going green

Wednesday, April 15, 2009
By goodwink
The earth is warming and we are responsible. This is the undeniable conclusion reached by 2,000 scientists and policy experts contributing to the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the winners of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize along with Al Gore. The U.S. Catholic bishops have accepted this fact as well.
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Pope, sex, media, Part 2

Tuesday, December 23, 2008
By Bryan Cones
It's hard to read the info in the last post, and not have an opinion, especially as a blogger.
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The pope, sexuality, and the mainstream media

Tuesday, December 23, 2008
By Bryan Cones
Pope Benedict XVI has spawned another media tempest related to homosexuality; or at least he threw a bone to a hungry media, who then spawned the tempest.
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