The Catholic activists behind the Supreme Court DOMA fight
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.
Peace & Justice
California forum attendees plead for immigration reform
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
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
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
This today from Mike Allen's Politico Playbook
A call to repentance on the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq
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.
Film tells story of loss and hope in Israel, Palestine
"One day, someone told us, 'This is my house.' Since then, we have been suffering." -- Rifkah El Kurd, Palestinian grandmother in the film "My Neighbourhood"
Julia Bacha believes violent and nonviolent resistance have something in common. Both are theatrical productions, seeking an audience to their cause. Frustrated by the media's overwhelming tendency to focus on the violent actors, Bacha co-founded JustVision, a small, independent film company committed to highlighting nonviolent voices from Israel/Palestine.
United Nations to resume arms trade treaty talks
Advocates of arms control worldwide are gearing up for the restart of negotiations on a UN-sponsored treaty to regulate trade in weapons.
Becoming attendants of the nonviolent Jesus
As we process through Lent toward Holy Week, it may be helpful to recall Jesus' testimony in court before Pontius Pilate, the representative of the Roman Empire. For me, these words sum up the Christian life of peace and nonviolence:
My kingdom does not belong to this world.
If my kingdom did belong to this world, my attendants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Judeans.
Have we lost the fight for gun control?
This assessment from Time magazine suggests that we have allowed ourselves to be distracted, and anyone who had grand hopes for significant gun control measures enacted this year are quickly losing the race:
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In This Issue
June 7-20, 2013
- Pope spotlights social teaching with blunt calls for ethical economy
- We face clear moral choices in priorities of our federal budget
- Mother Tekla: the most powerful woman in Rome
- [Print Edition Only] Special Section: Ministries PREVIEW
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