November 9th brings the thirtieth anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. I was a senior in high school, and I remember the event vividly. For months, we...
War and peace
New surveys report that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, mostly made up of plastic refuse from packaging and fishing, has reached 617,000 square miles, twice...
The apparent murder of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi brought a renewed focus on U.S.-Saudi relations in October. Turkish investigators report that...
In April 2018 Pope Francis reached out to his followers on Twitter: “Do we really want peace?” he asked. “Then let’s ban all weapons so we don’t have to live...
Seated in a circle on sofas and easy chairs at a church rectory in a largely Hispanic section of South Bend, Indiana, a group of students from Notre Dame...
Since the “Great Return” demonstrations along the border with Israel and the Gaza Strip began in March this year, scores of Palestinians have been shot to...
If all your tools come out of the Department of Defense budget then all your solutions look like SEAL raids and drone strikes. The nation’s new National...
In the beginning, there was the word. And the word was with God, and the word was God. My faith journey has taken me around the globe. From the Catholic town...
On the day my older brother was due at the draft board our father did not go to work. This was shocking. He always went to work. He never took a sick day. He...
Lord knows that around the world there is no lack of opportunities for peacemaking. We don’t have to go looking overseas for conflicts to resolve; within our...
