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Adirondack Chronicles 2015.5: Birds and Bees, Bears and Butterflies

- Monarch butterflies are absent this year. Declines in species should set off alarm bells for the health of the ecosystem.
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Adirondack Chronicles 2015.4: Water Everywhere

- Water is one of the world's most precious resources. Even in the water-abundant Adirondacks, environmental vigilance is essential.
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Adirondack Chronicles 2015.3: Forest and Trees

- To understand the importance of protecting the environment, we have to be able to see both the forest and the trees.
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Adirondack Chronicles 2015.2

- The common grackle and the dragonfly: appreciating biodiversity and the urgent justice of Laudato Si
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Adirondack Chronicles 2015: Reflections on Laudato Si

- Pope Francis issues an encyclical on the environment just in time for this year's Adirondack Chronicles!
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Saints Among Us

- The occasion of the canonization of Popes (now Saints) John XXIII and John Paul II gives us a chance to think about all the saints among us.
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Pope Francis: Humility, Mercy and Common Sense

- Pope Francis is teaching a powerful lesson in pastoral leadership.
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September 11 and Winds of War

- On this day, let us pause to remember all those who sacrificed so much on September 11 and the years since that day. And let's pray for peace.
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Wearing Death

- The Bangladesh factory disaster demands that we call major retailers and fashion labels to a higher moral standard for the fair and just treatment of workers.
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The Easter Message: Intolerance, Betrayal, Forgiveness, Hope

- The observances of Easter and Passover this week remind us of the long human story of intolerance, betrayal, forgiveness, hope and faith.
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