As the pope appealed for a halt to the violence in Libya U S bishops issued a tentative endorsement of the Obama administration s use of force in the North African state in order to to protect civilians in Libya from their own government calling on the administration to stay focused on this lim

Ending child labor establishing the right to organize fighting for a just wage 100 years after the Triangle Shirtwaist fire claimed the lives of 146 people in New York rsquo s Greenwich Village from a global perspective a familiar litany of critical challenges persist in the experiences of modern

It s unfortunate that in the midst of an extremely busy international news day and during a week of important breaking news World Water Day that s today March 22 nbsp is likely to get lost in the media shuffle If you can break away from the news out of Libya and Japan long enough though clean

Taking a position that does not endear him to the larger American Jewish community is not something unknown to Rabbi Michael Lerner founding editor of Tikkun He s used to provoking the status quo and the heat that can generate He s not used to having his home and family threatened however becau

For a small indication of what the people in Japan have been enduring take a gander at this chart of global seismic activity nbsp from the U S Geological Service You can find the nbsp 9 0 quake that rocked the nation on March 11 at 05 46

If you ve been following the news of the weekend all I can say is Step back from the ledge Whew I can t remember when I have spent as much time on international news that was so unrelentingly brutal and depressing Even local news here in the NYC area was horrendous a horrific bus crash that

Who will protect the women of Congo?

Catholic charitable agencies are accepting donations for Japan and other countries affected by the magnitude 8 9 earthquake and tsunamis that followed You can send donations to Catholic Relief Services the U S bishops rsquo international relief and development agency or to Caritas the church r

It s no secret that Father Jim Martin and his many literary efforts I think he constitutes his own book-of-the-month club at this point have a lot of fans in both high and low places like my office and around the world But we don t often get evidence as pointed as the accompanying photo which

From Caritas Japan Caritas Japan is mobilizing to respond to the 10 metre tsunami that struck in the region of the Diocese of Sendai today ldquo A tsunami has hit our people Is a tidal wave has come to overwhelm our lives We are still in shock over what has happened rdquo Father Koichi Otaki