Negotiating peace before the trains collide
The Israelis and Palestinians are like two trains on the same track heading towards each other, said Maryknoll Father Jack Sullivan....
Tony Magliano
Nuclear weapons: A crime against God and humanity
“Any act of war aimed indiscriminately at the destruction of entire cities or of extensive areas along with their population...
Global warming: We better take it seriously
Reflecting on his new patron saint, Pope Francis said: “For me [St Francis of Assisi] is the man of poverty,...
How nuns unleashed battle’s most powerful weapon
Just over 150 years ago – July 1-3, 1863 – the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War was fought...
I was a stranger and you welcomed me
Thirty-five-years-ago when Annunciation House – a sanctuary and home of hospitality that has served over 100,000 refugees, homeless poor and...
Sweatshops: where corporate greed and human misery meet
Corporate greed and human misery often meet in the workplace. And nowhere else is that more true than in sweatshops....
An abortion trial the media keeps hiden
“This case is about a doctor who killed babies and endangered women. What we mean is that he regularly...
Pope John XXIII’s prophetic ‘Peace on Earth’ turns 50
Just over 50 years ago, the earth as we know it came dangerously close to being engulfed in a nuclear...
From death penalty to resurrection
“We are Easter people and alleluia is our song!” This joyous exclamation proclaimed by St. Augustine of Hippo sums up...
