Honor in Israel
The latest from america
The 12 women whose feet were washed by Pope Francis included women from Italy, Bulgaria, Nigeria, Ukraine, Russia, Peru, Venezuela and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
"We, the members of the Society of Jesus, continue to be lifted up in prayer, in lament, in protest at the death and destruction that continue to reign in Gaza and other territories in Israel/Palestine, spilling over into the surrounding countries of the Middle East."
While some children have been evacuated from conflict, more than 1.1 million children in Gaza and 3.7 million in Haiti have been left behind to face the rampaging adult world around them.
Easter will not be postponed this year. It will not wait until the war is over. It is precisely now, in our darkest hour, that resurrection finds us.
I just listened to a talk from a Palestinian Christian. He pointed out the ultimate destruction of the Palestinians, especially the Christians, if nothing is done. The Wall, over 400 miles long) is a monument to the inhumanity of one nation toward another. (And I might say the same of the wall between the U.S. and Mexico). I think we need another President Reagan and Pope John Paul II to say "Tear down this(these)
wall(s)! Has the Israeli government ever fulfilled any of the U.N. mandates since 1949?