As a former tyrant languishes in a hospital bed, the U.S. should ponder its routine of coddling military monsters.
War and Peace
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope asks for forgiveness for Catholic Church’s role in Rwanda genocide
Pope Francis asked God’s forgiveness for the failures of the Catholic Church during the 1994 Rwanda genocide and for the hatred and violence perpetrated by some priests and religious.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
“Frantz” may be the most Christian film you will see this year.
François Ozon directs a parable set in the years immediately following World War I.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
What would Thomas Merton and Daniel Berrigan say about the Benedict Option?
A monk’s vocation is toward God, not a strategic retreat from something else.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
As political landscape shifts, bitter divisions resurface in Northern Ireland
For the first time since the partition of Ireland, Unionists are not in a majority in Stormont, where Northern Ireland’s parliament meets.
Posted inArt, Arts & Culture
Searching for George W. Bush in his portraits of the soldiers he sent to war
Bush’s new exhibition features 66 paintings of wounded veterans whom the former president has come to know.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Meet the Jesuit priest serving Catholics and Muslims in war-torn Syria
“We find God in every act of mercy we do unto others.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
What makes religious organizations so effective at diplomatic peacemaking?
Drew Christiansen, S.J., discusses the significance of religious peacebuilding in struggling countries.
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Philippine archbishop finds courage in deceased cardinal during country’s ‘war on drugs’
Since President Rodrigo Duterte took office in June, about 7,000 mostly poor people have died in police raids and killings carried out by unknown assailants.
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Egyptian Christians victims of increasing violence from ISIS
“They’re thirsty for the blood of any Christian,” Wafaa Fawzy said.