At 96, my mother is pulling away from us, but her spirit has not vanished.
Drew Christiansen
Drew Christiansen, S.J., served as the editor in chief of America from 2005 to 2012. He was a Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Human Development at Georgetown University and a senior fellow with the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs. He was co-editor with Carole Sargent of A World Free from Nuclear Weapons: The Vatican Conference on Disarmament (Georgetown, 2020).
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Sister Camille on the Death Penalty
From our friend Camille D Arienzo RSM who works with those on death row nbsp Attorney General Eric Holder rsquo s decision to try the accused 9 11 perpetrators in a civilian court near Ground Zero has ignited a national debate over whether the accused Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his companions sh
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Stories of the pains inflicted by the absence of an Israeli-Palestinian peace
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Before work each morning President Barack Obama prayerfully reads a passage of Scripture sent him by the Rev. Joshua DuBois, the young Pentecostal preacher who is his director of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. I wonder whether on one of those mornings the president has pondered Lk 11:24-
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The Jesuit “Status”
Today July 31 is the feast of St Ignatius Loyola It is also the customary time for Jesuit Provinces to publish ldquo The Status rdquo the annual announcement of changes of assignment for members of the province In days long past Jesuits would gather round the bulletin board after lunch or d
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Hate Lit in the IDF
Not perhaps since the infamous 19th century fiction Maria Monk has such a fanatically anti-Catholic tract appeared as the pamphlet that circulated for the last four months among troops of the Israeli Defense Force According to a report in Haaretz the respected Israeli daily July 19 the brochure
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The Economy of Grace: Pope Benedict’s Social Theology
For four years now many Catholics have been waiting for a new social encyclical When would the pope treat globalization Do a thorough treatment of environmental ethics Comment on the global economic crisis Come to the defense of labor Speculation peaked two years on the 40th anniversary of Pop