Lost Nation: The plight of five million displaced Iraqis
One of the least reported stories of the Iraq war is the story of the humanitarian crisis it has spawned. While the media have covered the military debates, the fighting, the lives of soldiers and the politics surrounding the war, they have left largely untold the stories of close to five million di
The Forgotten: Is there a future for Christianity in Iraq?
Is there a future for Christianity in Iraq?
A Theologian in Town Hall: How a small-town mayor implemented Catholic social teaching
How a small-town mayor implemented Catholic social teaching
The Art of Olafur Eliasson
An exhibit of the Danish artist Olafur Eliassons work is now on display at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan and will soon be traveling to Dallas, Chicago and Sydney, Australia. Fr. Leo ODonovan reviews the exhibit in the June 9-16 issue of America. View a slideshow of images from the Eliasson e
Of Many Things
Of Many Things
Intellectuals today lack a depth of dedication to the poor
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Letters
Corrections and Clarifications Thank you for publishing the article “Human Bondage” (4/14), of which I am a co-author. I have received many positive responses to it. Because of an editorial error, however, which reversed my meaning, I need to correct and clarify an important point. Once
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The Duty to Protect
For many days now, British, French and American ships loaded with relief supplies have been sitting off Myanmar’s coast, waiting for permission to enter that country’s ports. The aid is urgently needed. Almost a month after Cyclone Nargis left at least 134,000 people dead or missing in M
Faith in Focus
The Foley Poets: An Encomium
A look back at America’s 2008 poetry contest
Walking Through the Rainbow: Olafur Eliasson’s mist and mirrors
When Olafur Eliasson installed his work “The Weather Project” in the Turbine Hall of London’s Tate Modern in winter 2003, more than two million people thronged to see it: a giant golden orb hung at the end of the 500-foot-long hall. Actually it was a semicircular steel frame 50 fee
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Affording Old Age
The challenges of living a long life
A Desperate Reality
A Palestinian mystery, reviewed
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Going…
Sometimes I think that Jesus must have been on the train.
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Thinking Small and Big
As New Testament Christians we hope for right relationship with God eternal life with God and the full coming of God rsquo s kingdom The ground of our hope is Jesus especially as the risen one Nevertheless in our everyday lives we sometimes may lose hope perhaps not about ultimate realities bu
A Loving and Caring God
Do you trust God Do you believe that God really loves and cares for you These are central questions in the spiritual life of any Christian They do not mean that we can expect to escape all suffering win the lottery several times and become rich and famous of course The issue is more whether…
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Destruction in Myanmar: ‘The government’s response created a most unnatural disaster.’
The government's response created a most unnatural disaster
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A Wider Heart: Reading About Africa
The world stands out on either side/No wider than the heart is wide. —“Renascence” Edna St. Vincent Millay Recently, a friend of mine, a professional woman, sent me an e-mail message that she was going to Spain for vacation. Knowing that Spain was almost contiguous to Afric
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Current Comment
Barriers or Bridges? The Great Wall of China, Hadrian’s Wall, the Berlin Wall, the Iron Curtain, the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Now we have the 670-mile-long concrete fence between Mexico and the United States, the ever-expanding, 436-mile-long West Bank Barrier intended to protect Israelis fr
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Meeting the Food Crisis Greater support for the world’s small farmers would enable them to produce more food in a sustainable manner and help address chronic hunger and malnutrition around the globe, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations said during a meeting of the worl
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