Despite recent and repeated terrorist attacks against Egypt’s minority Christian communities, Pope Francis will not cancel his visit to Egypt.
War and Peace
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Egyptian Christians left to bury their dead after church bombings
Women wailed as caskets marked with the word “martyr” were brought into the St. Mina monastery in Alexandria.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Syrian Catholic leaders criticize U.S. missile strikes, experts question larger strategy
“We need to have a national debate on these things; it’s not a decision for the president to make in the dead of night.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
100 years after World War I, is it possible to hope in human progress?
John Matteson reviews two books about World War I: “The World Remade: America in World War I” and “The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis denounces ‘massacre’ in Syria, appeals for end to war
Italian media report that a nerve gas was used in yesterday’s attack by the forces of the Assad regime against the rebels in this area.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
President Trump continues Obama’s devastating drone war
In March, it was reported that up to 200 civilians in the northern Iraq city of Mosul had been killed by a series of airstrikes.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Pope Francis urges protection for civilians as U.S. reviews airstrike deaths in Mosul
Pope Francis joined a chorus of humanitarian relief and human rights critics who urged the United States to do more to avoid noncombatant deaths.
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Why Catholic bishops are giving up on peace accords in Congo
Catholic bishops in Congo have abandoned attempts to arrange a government-opposition power-sharing agreement, amid rising violence.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Guantánamo lawyer: Military tribunals are built on American apartheid
The Guantánamo tribunals create a precedent that endangers us all.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
As elections approach, will Liberia be able to keep its peace?
Some of the tensions still troubling Liberian life have deep social and historical roots.