nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Some saint s lives speak to us more tellingly--for whatever reason--than others I have always had a strong devotion to Damien of Molekai Thinking about him on his feast day reminds me of two episodes The only time I have ever encountered lepers was forty years ago

From Envio magazine via Mirada Global Since 1997 there is in Panama a legally defined territory the Ng auml be-Bugl eacute Comarca of around 4 thousand sq km as the result of a long and bloody conflict A little over 110 thousand Indians from the Ng auml be and Bugl eacute peoples live in

Would you support water-boarding terror suspects under certain circumstances Fox News Chris Wallace asked those gathered on a stage in South Carolina last week at an event billed as the first Republican presidential primary Raising their hands to signify that they would support water-boarding wer

Christian minorities have endured brutal treatment in Egypt and Vietnam over the last few days Events in Egypt where an ultra-conservative Islamic group mdash emboldened by the new freedom delivered by the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak mdash has lashed out at Egypt s Coptic minority have been

Our apologies good friendsfor the fracture of good order the burning of paperinstead of children the angering of the orderliesin the front parlor of the charnel houseWe could not so help us God do otherwiseFor we are sick at heart our heartsgive us no rest for thinking of the Land of Burning Childr

This is the first in a series of blog posts called Readings As a subscriber to 15 periodicals I will share what I discover and maybe introduce you to a new author There s a news media phenomenon I call the ldquo give-it-a-week syndrome rdquo The story on Sunday may become a very different