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Conservative Catholic Group Accuses Pope Francis Of Promoting Heresy On Divorce
'the pontiff called the church to be less strict and more compassionate toward “imperfect” Catholics, including those who have divorced and remarried, saying that “no one can be condemned forever.”'
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'“No power in heaven or on earth, neither an angel, nor the pope, nor a council, nor a law of the bishops, has the faculty to change it,” German Cardinal Gerhard Mueller, who stepped down from heading the Vatican’s doctrine office, told'
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“There are many people in the church who have set themselves against Pope Francis, but the crashing irony here is that the ‘traditionalists’ that signed this letter are going against the traditional authority of the pope,” Martin said. “They’re also some of the same people who, under John Paul II and Benedict XVI, said that any disagreement with the pope was tantamount to dissent. So that letter is pretty rich in irony.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pope-francis-heresy-letter_us_59c9898de4b06ddf45fa9209
Nestlé Makes Billions Bottling Water It Pays Nearly Nothing For
"The Michigan operation is only one small part of Nestlé, the world’s largest food and beverage company. But it illuminates how Nestlé has come to dominate a controversial industry, spring by spring, often going into economically depressed municipalities with the promise of jobs and new infrastructure in exchange for tax breaks and access to a resource that’s scarce for millions. Where Nestlé encounters grass-roots resistance against its industrial-strength guzzling, it deploys lawyers; where it’s welcome, it can push the limits of that hospitality, sometimes with the acquiescence of state and local governments that are too cash-strapped or inept to say no. There are the usual costs of doing business, including transportation, infrastructure, and salaries. But Nestlé pays little for the product it bottles—sometimes a municipal rate and other times just a nominal extraction fee. In Michigan, it’s $200."
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nestl-makes-billions-bottling-water-090016218.html
In Amish Country, the Future Is Calling
“If you can just look it up on the internet, you’re not thinking,” said Levi, another woodworker. “The more people rely on technology, the more we want to sit behind a desk. But you can’t build a house sitting behind a desk.” “My concern for our future, for our own children,” he said, “is that they lose their work ethic.”
“People are treating those phones like they are gods,” she said. “They’re bowing down to it at the table, bowing down to it when they’re walking. Here we say we don’t bow down to idols, and that’s getting dangerously close, I think.”
Professor Kraybill said such insights were not unusual among Amish people.
They “are more savvy about the impact of technology on human interactions than most of us are,” he said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/15/business/amish-technology.html?mcubz=3
'the pontiff called the church to be less strict and more compassionate toward “imperfect” Catholics, including those who have divorced and remarried, saying that “no one can be condemned forever.”'
...
'“No power in heaven or on earth, neither an angel, nor the pope, nor a council, nor a law of the bishops, has the faculty to change it,” German Cardinal Gerhard Mueller, who stepped down from heading the Vatican’s doctrine office, told'
...
“There are many people in the church who have set themselves against Pope Francis, but the crashing irony here is that the ‘traditionalists’ that signed this letter are going against the traditional authority of the pope,” Martin said. “They’re also some of the same people who, under John Paul II and Benedict XVI, said that any disagreement with the pope was tantamount to dissent. So that letter is pretty rich in irony.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pope-francis-heresy-letter_us_59c9898de4b06ddf45fa9209
Nestlé Makes Billions Bottling Water It Pays Nearly Nothing For
"The Michigan operation is only one small part of Nestlé, the world’s largest food and beverage company. But it illuminates how Nestlé has come to dominate a controversial industry, spring by spring, often going into economically depressed municipalities with the promise of jobs and new infrastructure in exchange for tax breaks and access to a resource that’s scarce for millions. Where Nestlé encounters grass-roots resistance against its industrial-strength guzzling, it deploys lawyers; where it’s welcome, it can push the limits of that hospitality, sometimes with the acquiescence of state and local governments that are too cash-strapped or inept to say no. There are the usual costs of doing business, including transportation, infrastructure, and salaries. But Nestlé pays little for the product it bottles—sometimes a municipal rate and other times just a nominal extraction fee. In Michigan, it’s $200."
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nestl-makes-billions-bottling-water-090016218.html
In Amish Country, the Future Is Calling
“If you can just look it up on the internet, you’re not thinking,” said Levi, another woodworker. “The more people rely on technology, the more we want to sit behind a desk. But you can’t build a house sitting behind a desk.” “My concern for our future, for our own children,” he said, “is that they lose their work ethic.”
“People are treating those phones like they are gods,” she said. “They’re bowing down to it at the table, bowing down to it when they’re walking. Here we say we don’t bow down to idols, and that’s getting dangerously close, I think.”
Professor Kraybill said such insights were not unusual among Amish people.
They “are more savvy about the impact of technology on human interactions than most of us are,” he said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/15/business/amish-technology.html?mcubz=3
