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...
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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...
Advising Pope Francis
Imagine getting a call from Pope Francis explaining that he would like your advice concerning the most important issues facing...
A Lenten fast acceptable to the Lord
The prophet Isaiah boldly challenges us to choose the way of fasting most acceptable to the Lord: “Releasing those bound...
Why Jesus calls us to be peacemakers
In his message for the World Day of Peace, which we observed on New Year’s Day and which is intended...
