Our Common Home

we must dialogue

we must work in concert

because we all share

our common home

the earth is not ours

to rape, to plunder

God entrusts the world

the garden to us

as stewards, as servants

we are to care for

our common home.

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September 30, 2015

Our Common Home

Pope Francis environmental encyclical

“Laudato Si: On Care For Our Common Home”

http://www.usccb.org/about/leadership/holy-see/francis/pope-francis-encyclical-laudato-si-on-environment.cfm

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“Anxious With Excitement John Boehner Greets Pope Francis”

http://www.nytimes.com/live/pope-visit-2015/anxious-with-excitement-john-boehner-greets-pope-francis/

Pope Francis’ speech to Congress

http://www.npr.org/2015/09/24/443155716/listen-the-popes-speech-to-congress

http://www.scribd.com/doc/282588617/Pope-s-speech-before-Joint-Meeting-of-Congress

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/24/politics/pope-francis-congress-speech/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/24/us/pope-congress-catholic/

September 24, 2015

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John Boehner’s Resignation

http://www.npr.org/2015/09/25/443433992/house-speaker-john-boehner-to-resign-from-congress 

Behind John Boehner’s Resignation

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/boehner-tick-tock-214092

John Boehner just sacrificed his career for the good of the Republican Party

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/09/25/john-boehner-just-sacrificed-his-career-for-the-good-of-the-republican-party/

September 25, 2015

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John Boehner didn't have a prayer: Dana Milbank

http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/09/john_boehner_didnt_have_a_pray.html

September 27, 2015

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A Fallen Orb

A Planet no more
a dwarf, a minor player
on the celestial stage
the lord of the underworld
relegated, lost out
to more precision
prejudice
of the current age
seen as less grand
than the special eight
excised so others
couldn’t join the club


August 24, 2006 21:33 – Pluto, a Planet no morehttp://www.iau2006.org/mirror/www.iau.org/iau0603/index.html

And Wikipedia is already updated - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto

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