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Politics & SocietyShort Take
Nathan Schneider
My son isn’t choosing the planet he will be getting. The unborn children to come certainly aren’t.
Martyrs Square, Beirut, Lebanon 1982. (Photo via Wikipedia Commons)
Politics & SocietyNews
Brooke Anderson - Catholic News Service
Assaad Chaftari, who once fought in the name of his Christian faith, is now working for peace alongside those who would have once been his enemies in the Lebanese civil war.
The "little lanterns march" at the Central American University in San Salvador during the 2015 commemoration of the 26th anniversary of the massacre of six Jesuit priests and two women, murdered in November 1989 by a military commando. (CNS photo/Oscar Rivera, EPA)
Politics & SocietyNews
Marcos Aleman - Associated Press
The Jesuits believe Benavides is a "scapegoat" for those who ordered the 1989 UCA massacre and were never punished. The Jesuits consider the case against the killers closed but continue to seek clarity on the intellectual authors of the crime.
Government troops take positions as fighting with Muslim militants in Marawi city enters its second week on Tuesday, May 30, 2017, in southern Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
Politics & SocietyNews
Jim Gomez - Associated Press
A Catholic priest who was taken hostage by militants linked to the Islamic State group says he's being held alongside 200 other captives, including children.
Politics & SocietyNews
Ed Langlois - Catholic News Service
Rick Best defended two women being accosted by a passenger yelling hate speech about Muslims and other groups.
Javier Valdez, a veteran reporter who specialized in covering drug trafficking and organized crime, was slain on May 15, 2017, the latest in a wave of journalist killings in one of the world's most dangerous countries for media workers. (Ríodoce via AP)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jan-Albert Hootsen
I regularly report on violence against journalists in Mexico. But Javier’s death came as a personal blow to me.