From the archives.
War and Peace
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Too often the history of El Salvador’s civil war lets the United States off too easily
For some, El Salvador was a shameful episode, in which Washington backed the perpetrators of a death squad bloodbath in a failed attempt to militarily defeat a homegrown leftist insurgency.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
America’s love-hate relationship with the nuclear bomb
This is not a history we Americans like to ponder.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
This bishop has helped free over 200 Christian hostages from ISIS
Deep inside Syria, a bishop worked around the blurred edges of international law to save the lives of more than 200 people.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Why do Catholic bishops fear chaos in Congo?
“Despite all divergences, we believe a political compromise is still possible,” the bishops said in a Dec. 2 statement.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
A crucified God, like the attack on Pearl Harbor, is not the status quo.
A crucified God is not the status quo, and it is isn’t made into the acceptable, the intellectually palatable, by the proclamation of the resurrection.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
A Guide to Brokering Peace
In this week’s podcast, Senator George J. Mitchell speaks to Tim Reidy and Kevin Clarke about his experience negotiating peace deals in the Middle East and Northern Ireland. His latest book, A Path to Peace, written with Alon Sachar, lays out possible avenues for peace in the Middle East going forward. George J. Mitchell was […]
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Ohio State attacker was briefly a Catholic Charities client in Dallas
Authorities today were still trying to ascertain a motive for the attack.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Upcoming U.N. talks to abolish nuclear weapons face uncertain future
The United Nations is preparing to embark on talks to ban nuclear weapons.Negotiations are set to begin in March and are expected to take an indefinite time to complete.The end result is uncertain, but the 123 nations that voted on Oct. 27 for a resolution within the U.N. General Assembly committee
Posted inCurrent Comment, Politics & Society
Why Donald Trump should meet with Syrian refugees before Jan. 20.
On the campaign trail, the president-elect put Syrian refugees “on notice.”