In All Things

Three voices of reason amid the rancorous reactions to the release of Sgt. Bergdahl.

To be honest it was a speech I 39 d always zoned out on If you 39 ve been to a graduation ceremony you 39 ll know what I 39 m talking about Just after the diplomas are handed out someone on the dais whom you 39 ve most likely never seen before steps up to the podium and says quot On beha

You have probably read with dismay and disgust as I have the story of the bodies of 800 babies cast into a septic tank in Tuam County Galway children who passed away while under the care of the Bon Secours sisters at a ldquo Mother and Baby rdquo home Between 1925 and 1961 the home sheltered

Early in May each year Kalamazoo in Michigan hosts the world rsquo s largest congress on the Middle Ages This year the 49th International Congress on Medieval Studies was duly held there at Western Michigan University the longstanding venue from May 8 to 11 I last attended this remarkable celebr

Some commentators and theologians have over the past 15 months or so drawn parallels between Pope Francis rsquo warm embrace of the world with Vatican II rsquo s pastoral tone in particular that of the Council rsquo s ldquo Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the Modern World rdquo ldquo

Today is the 70th anniversary of D-Day June 6 1944 a momentous day was the culmination of Operation Overlord a long-planned operation to liberate Europe from the Nazi scourge that Hitler and his regime had spawned The massive operation required troops to depart from the coast of England and la

For the past half century political leaders on both sides of the Atlantic and in the Middle East with varying levels of political will have used an array of instruments in an effort to broker a lasting peace accord between Israelis and Palestinians They have failed up to now and that 66-year-old

Popes pray for peace it is part of their ministry And when war is raging or peace negotiations seem hopelessly bogged down recent popes have invited leaders of other Christian traditions and other faiths to join them in prayer Pope Francis has put a twist on the interreligious prayer gathering by