Miguel Diaz, 45, is a professor of theology at the College of St. Benedict and St. John's University, both in Collegeville, Minn.
Since South Africa dropped its visa requirements for Zimbabweans, "the wait at the border on the South African side is said to be about nine hours."
Chaldean Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho, of Mosul, Iraq, was honored posthumously with the 2009 Path to Peace Award in New York on June 9.
As youngsters we had ways of sealing the bond of friendship with our best friends We girls would exchange friendship rings pledging our undying loyalty to one another Our brothers would make a small cut on their finger and then mingle their blood with their buddy rsquo s to signify the unbreakab
In our most fearful moments several things can quell our terror An imagined threat passes the light of day reveals that the forms so scary in the night were only shadows a real well-founded terror is dissipated when loved ones bear it with us In today rsquo s Gospel the disciples are terrified