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June 4, 2007

Vol. 196 / No. 20

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Carl A. AndersonJune 04, 2007

With a new president in Mexico and a more immigration-friendly majority in place in both houses of the U.S. Congress, our nation is positioned to take a fresh approach to relations with Mexico in particular and Latin America in general. Catholics on both sides of the border are particularly well sit

June 04, 2007

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Martin MaierJune 04, 2007

Why do you return to your former parish in El Salvador every year or two?

Olga BonfiglioJune 04, 2007

A shoeless boy wearily weaves his way down the street, alone, in a limp pair of soiled shorts and a torn T-shirt. Heaps of trash pile up on vacant corners and in the grassy medians of the citys streets. Dogs of many breeds, some of them obviously sick with disease, listlessly amble around the neighb

June 04, 2007

Foley award winner John Slater on bonsai trees, Thomas Merton and life at the Abbey of the Genesee.

June 04, 2007

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Of Many Things
Joseph A. O’HareJune 04, 2007

You may not have noticed, but the listing of associate editors on the masthead of this journal is determined by seniority. When I returned from the Philippines in the Spring of 1972 to join the staff, my name was added at the end of a list of seven other Jesuits who had preceded me. Immediately ahea