In the strongest, most impassioned terms, former Marine Scott Ritter denounces the catastrophic bombing of two girls’ schools by the U.S. in Iran; it reminds him of his own horrifying mistake…
Two weeks below 0 F, wind bites deep into the fingers, bones are like icicles, and nature shows a malevolent face. Machines keep us alive.
Nothing has been more thrilling than to see IU football win a perfect 16-0 season… until a hit left its star quarterback lying face down on the grass…
Doris Lessing writes in 1957 during the Cold War: “What is the choice before us? It is not merely a question of preventing an evil, but of strengthening a vision of a good which may defeat evil.”
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In today’s reading, the uncaring rich man was cast into hell, the impoverished Lazarus was “carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham.” Which of one these are we, the U.S. Catholics at Mass?
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Turkish novelist Ahmet Altan was imprisoned on false charges in Turkey. in prison, he wrote “I’m watching the Coronavirus virus unfold from a Turkish prison. This is why I’m hopeful.” – From the Washington Post, May 24,2020.
A political crisis poisons a nation’s spiritual life. In 2018, the Honduran dictator Juan Orlando Hernandez used fear, despair for repression. Freedom came by acting on faith and hope…
How do we maintain our spiritual center as we respond to this current maelstrom? During the Vietnam War, our folksingers helped maintain our sanity and restore our souls. Leonard Cohen, who died the week of Trump’s election, still sings us into inner balance.
Historically, on Good Friday, Christians went on murderous rampages against Jews as”Christ-killers.” But Christians are the real “Christ-killers.” We nail Jesus to the Cross every day by our sins.
This provides context to references in “A Journey of Passion.” Follow the boldfaced words in the main story refer to brief explanations below.
In 2005, after years of reading about the U.S. military’s bombing campaigns and torture around the world, I could take it no longer. El Salvador. Guatemala. Then Iraq. So I quit my job at the San Jose Mercury News and made one tiny effort to reclaim a shred of integrity as a U.S. citizen. This is my story.
Today, Palm Sunday, we must pray for the United States which has trained foreign soldiers at the School of Americas to torture and repress political opponents and innocent civilians in Central and Latin America.
Two local parishioners – one seeking to “live in the truth” and another citing the example of Father Bill O’Donnell – have been sentenced to three months in federal prison for trespassing at the former School of the Americas in Georgia last fall.
The question I ask myself is not about why I went to Georgia but why it took me so long. Once there, I prayed and prayed for God’s guidance and in the end, was holding Domingo’s cross and the poster of the Jesuits when I crawled underneath the fence of the fort.
Two Bay Area Catholics were among 40 protesters arrested Nov. 20 during a prayer vigil and demonstration at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, formerly the School of the Americas, in Fort Benning, Georgia.
We confuse not having peace with not being aware of the peace we possess. When… storm-tossed, we only perceive the storm… we have not lost our peace of soul, but only our awareness of it…