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Bishop: North Korea's threats might aim to increase aid, preserve pride

N.J. Viehland Catholic News Service | Apr. 9, 2013

The head of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea said North Korea's recent threats of aggression may be an attempt to shore up foreign aid while preserving pride.

"It is our presumption that they wish to draw out some financial assistance from abroad without conceding their pride or self-esteem," Bishop Peter Kang U-Il of Cheju, South Korea, wrote in an email Tuesday to Catholic News Service.

He said Catholic bishops "feel very sorry" that tension provoked by North Korean threats are making "the whole world very uncomfortable and anxious."

Editorial: UN arms treaty a small step to global sanity

NCR Editorial Staff | Apr. 5, 2013

But should the NRA and some elected officials succeed in blocking its ratification, they will put the U.S. in league with Iran, Syria and North Korea.

Social ministry transcends 'ghostly' divisions

Arthur Jones | Apr. 2, 2013

Opinion: A convention in the Baltimore archdiocese drew a mostly older crowd for its discussion on Vatican II. One attendee ruminates.

Turning the death penalty into a resurrection

Tony Magliano | Apr. 1, 2013

Making a Difference: Capital punishment is a cruel fate, as Jesus shows us. But killing does not bring peace. Forgiveness does.

The Catholic activists behind the Supreme Court DOMA fight

Jamie Manson | Mar. 28, 2013

Grace on the Margins: Members of DignityUSA helped Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer get married in 2007, a step that has led to the national spotlight.

California forum attendees plead for immigration reform

Monica Clark | Mar. 27, 2013

The forum was part of an effort by the nation's largest faith-based organizing network to push what advocates say are essential elements for an immigration reform bill.

10 years after the Iraq invasion, Washington still hasn't learned

Stephen Zunes | Mar. 27, 2013

Opinion: Despite the body count of the war in Iraq, some of the same politicians in Washington who pushed us into war a decade ago want to do so again.

Life nearing end, Iraq veteran speaks out

Thomas C. Fox | Mar. 21, 2013

Tomas Young has been fighting for the last nine years, fighting his government, fighting the Department of Veterans Affairs and fighting his own deteriorating body. But soon the struggle will be over. The Kansas City man who was paralyzed from the chest down by a sniper’s bullet during the Iraq war is now in hospice care and preparing to die. Sometime in the next few weeks, after he has said all his goodbyes, he intends to refuse nourishment, water and life-extending medication. He expects his 33-year life to be over a few days after that.

'Shock and Awe' - cost after ten years

Thomas C. Fox | Mar. 19, 2013

This today from Mike Allen's Politico Playbook

A call to repentance on the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq

Art Laffin | Mar. 19, 2013

Opinion: It's been 10 years since President George W. Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq, causing countless deaths and suffering for both Iraqis and Americans.

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Nonviolent theory meets nonviolent practice

At the 35th anniversary of the St. Louis Catholic Worker in September, one of our former workers, Patrick Coy, led a roundtable on nonviolent resistance. Pat is a conflict resolution professor at Kent State now, and he gave us thoughts to chew on.

"Us" was about 40 current and former workers plus extended community and volunteers. We met outside in a big circle in beautiful weather.

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50 years on, Birmingham pledge of nonviolence still inspires

Photos from break-in at nuclear facility feature blood, peace slogans

Could Catholics tip the balance for death penalty repeal?

Five arrested at protest of World Food Prize in Des Moines

Bishop calls U.S. court's rejection of Defense of Marriage Act 'unjust'

Wednesday marks 25th anniversary of International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Bishop: North Korea's threats might aim to increase aid, preserve pride

Editorial: UN arms treaty a small step to global sanity

Social ministry transcends 'ghostly' divisions

Turning the death penalty into a resurrection

The Catholic activists behind the Supreme Court DOMA fight

California forum attendees plead for immigration reform

10 years after the Iraq invasion, Washington still hasn't learned

Life nearing end, Iraq veteran speaks out

'Shock and Awe' - cost after ten years

A call to repentance on the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq

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