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Building a Better Peace

August 3-10, 2015

Vol. 213 / No. 3

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PEOPLE AS PROPERTY. A policeman makes his way through an abandoned human trafficking camp in northern Malaysia, May 2015.
Nicholas D. SawickiJuly 21, 2015

The Vatican’s gardens are lush. Palm trees create a canopy unique to that part of the world, marble buildings punctuate the landscape, often at unexpected turns, and it is not unusual to see members of the papal staff or cardinals scurrying about, either hurrying off to a meeting or pacing in

NUKES NO MORE. Participants talk at the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons’ Civil Society Forum in Vienna on Dec. 6.

The Roman historian Tacitus, writing near the time of Jesus, described how the Pax Romana was experienced by people, like the Celts and Jews, who had been conquered by the Romans: “They make a desolation and call it ‘peace,’” he wrote, quoting Calgacus, a besieged Caledonian

Faith Of Many Things
Matt Malone, S.J.July 21, 2015

Statements that refer to “the bishops” often belie a diverse and complex reality.

Letters
Our readersJuly 21, 2015

Troubled StarsRe “Mother and Sister Earth” (Editorial, 7/6): A Sufi teaching instructs: “To pluck a flower is to trouble a star.” Pope Francis’ encyclical, “Laudato Si’,” presents a very comprehensive view of the human impact on earth’s community

Editorials
The EditorsJuly 21, 2015

How does a nation build up an economy that builds up its people?

Nagasaki, 1945. Photo: Shutterstock/ Everett Historical
Politics & Society Vantage Point
The EditorsJuly 21, 2015

What defense can there be, then, against the awful forces that have now been unleashed with the utter terror of the atomic bomb?

Books
David CollinsJuly 21, 2015

'Inventing the Individual: The Origins of Western Liberalism,' by Larry Siedentop