One of the many expressions of the ldquo Francis effect rdquo is the renewed prominence of ldquo mercy rdquo Pope Francis of course is not the first pope to speak of mercy in the context of God rsquo s relationship with humanity but it is certainly his signature tune mdash the word occurs mo
While scholarly literature about the Holocaust is vast and continually expanding writings about the members admittedly very few in number of the resistance are still quite rare Men and women familiar to scholars like Gertrud Luckner John M Oesterreicher Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Henri de Lubac
We know for sure that someone is permanently relevant when his or her name becomes an adjective In the week mdash last week of March 2014 mdash I finished the most recent of the very many intellectual biographies of George Orwell his adjectived name appeared twice in Brooklyn in our diocesan news
“Alibis: Sigmar Polke 1963–2010" is at the Museum of Modern Art in New York through Aug. 3.
I speak bones to you in the morning—hollow, fragile, ordained frameworks,their marrow winnowed by earth time. I hear emptiness in my pleas for health,forgiveness, prosperity. Echoes ossifywhere blood once pulsed and built. Like the half-attentive spouse who’s learnedto monotone
The Guardian newspaper reported on June 19 that according to a U N report ldquo the number of people forced to flee their homes across the world has exceeded 50 million for the first time since the second world war an exponential rise that is stretching host countries and aid organisations to br
Here is a desire new and old ask for anything in the world and it will be yours Usually in fairy tales and legends three wishes are granted Then after poor choices or ambiguously worded requests the truth is discovered about what really matters Lessons are learned the hard way The First B