Charles Morris

Fr. Charles Morris is a full-time assistant professor in the Religious Studies Department at Madonna University in Livonia, Mich.

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'Merchants of Doubt' surveys the industry of climate denial

EarthBeat

Eco Catholic

Apr 6, 2015

Eco Catholic: The documentary addresses the reality of corporate-sponsored disinformation campaigns on subjects such as cigarette smoking, fire retardants and climate science.

Pope Francis and Peter Faber, kindred Jesuit spirits

The Francis Chronicles

Sep 20, 2013

Pope Francis’ statements of late -- on solidarity with the poor, on the need for community and on refocusing the church’s energies away from a narrow focus on sexual issues -- may sound shocking to some. This is a much different tone than the image of the papacy in recent times.

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Public policy pathways to renewable energy

EarthBeat

Eco Catholic

Aug 28, 2012

There has been a change in much of Michigan's landscape in the last few years. From farm country in the Thumb on the east side of the state to the hill country near Ludington close to Michigan's west coast, majestic wind turbines dot the countryside. Gratiot County, among the poorest counties in the state, has been infused with new capital for education and for infrastructure.

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Green burials offer ecological, ancient way to say goodbye to loved ones

EarthBeat

Eco Catholic

Jun 21, 2012

On Oct. 17, 2009, I received a call from my maintenance man at St. Elizabeth in Wyandotte, Mich. A woman wanted to talk with me. Since I was on my way to a wedding rehearsal at a parish 30 miles away, I told myself that I had a few minutes. Little did I realize how powerful that encounter with Jeanne Ingram would become. Jeanne's mother, Bereth, had just died and Jeanne was literally searching high and low for a cemetery that would honor her mother's wishes to be interred without any kind of chemicals or vaults.

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