On the edge of Guatemala city , Guatemala 's capital of two million people, one-quarter of the nation's population, stands a monument to poverty. A luscious green valley has been…
It’s Christmas day and I’m in Galway on the west coast of Ireland, staying with my friend Terry Howard, SJ and the Jesuit community, after visiting other Jesuit friends in…
(Note: Last month, I spent nearly two glorious weeks traveling through Scotland, speaking on peace and nonviolence. Here is a little diary from my journey on the road to peace…
As we grieve for the dead and injured in last week’s movie theater massacre in Aurora, Colorado, and join with others to demand handgun reform, we are reminded once again…
I had just finished a weekend retreat on the Sermon on the Mount in Los Angeles when I heard the news that the U.S. had killed Osama bin Laden. Unlike…
Ten years ago, I was having breakfast with my parents in a Central Park hotel when news came of the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center. My folks left…
(This article first appeared on www.commondreams.org two days after the Charleston church killings under the title "Grieve, But then Teach and Organize Nonviolence.") Like millions of others, I'm grieving the…
“Fourteen anti-war activists may have made history today in a Las Vegas courtroom when they turned a misdemeanor trespassing trial into a possible referendum on America’s newfound taste for remote-controlled…
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, October 2, 2009 is an important day for all persons in our global village but especially for those of us committed to living the…
A few weeks ago, I came across the latest issue of the alumni magazine of Loyola University in Baltimore, Maryland. On the cover we see the back of a young…