After reciting the Angelus prayer on the feast of the Assumption, the pope asked Mary to obtain “for everyone consolation and a future of serenity and harmony.”
War and Peace
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Is war a necessary evil?
Paul Lauritzen reviews “War: An Enquiry” by A. C. Grayling
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Catholic leaders in Guam urge calm amid rising tension with North Korea
Catholic leaders in Guam, the U.S. island territory caught in the middle of an escalating war of words between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, are urging calm and asking believers to pray for peace. “Following national news reports that North Korea has threatened to strike our island with missiles, the Archdiocese […]
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Bishop Cantu calls for diplomacy to ease U.S.-North Korea differences
The “high certainty of catastrophic death and destruction from any military action must prompt the United States to work with others in the international community for a diplomatic and political solution based on dialogue.”
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What Thomas Merton would say about war with North Korea
His horror at the mere existence of nuclear arms brought Merton to reflect on Christ’s promise of peace.
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Philippine nun works to help users avoid death in drug war
Depending on who is counting, the anti-drug war in the Philippines has claimed from 2,000 to more than 7,000 lives, both in police operations and vigilante-style or extrajudicial killings.
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Chaplain offers Mass aboard ship for Marines killed in crash of Osprey
Navy chaplain Father David J. Hammond said Mass in the USS Bonhomme’s Star of the Sea Chapel for three Marines who died when their aircraft went down off the coast of Australia.
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The facts on the ground in the West Bank
Elizabeth Webb reviews “A Land Without Borders” by Nir Baram.
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Pedro Arrupe’s Hiroshima diary
Excerpt from Pedro Arrupe (Orbis) Hiroshima images from the National Archives
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Pope prays for Christian victims of violent attacks in Africa
The pope led pilgrims in praying a Hail Mary for the victims of the attacks at St. Philip’s Catholic Church in Ozubulu, Nigeria and at a mission in Gambo, Central African Republic.