More European countries are moving toward making it illegal for Muslim women to wear burqas--full Islamic face veils--in public For many of them however burqas are part of their culture Forcing them to abandon them has been termed an act of nbsp ldquo cultural warfare rdquo The bans can incl

HIV-positive prisoners in two southern states Alabama and South Carolina face daily stigma and harassment because of their status According to an April joint report by the ACLU and Human Rights Watch titled ldquo Sentenced to Stigma rdquo inmates in HIV units are forced to wear armbands or ot

A pastor assesses the spiritual journey of Chinese Catholic immigrants.

Living in the same Jesuit community as Dan Berrigan--what a privilege to share meals and conversation with this great man an icon of the anti-war movement who was willing to spend time behind bars to assert his opposition to war-related violence and in fact all forms of violence including abortio

Two reminders that, seen or unseen, God is present everywhere.

A Belgian priest revisits a country in transition.

The current deadly outbreak of cholera in Kenya as well as cholera increases in other African nations appear to be related to climate change Miguel Angel Luque one of the researchers in a study at the Madrid Carlos III Institute of Health has said that ldquo this is the first time that it has

Glimpsing the world's needs and sorrows on a New York City subway train

Learning to forgive in the wake of the Rwandan genocide

The story of a late vocation