Cardinal Bernardin was right. The best way to pursue the narrow path and uphold the length, breadth, height and depth of God’s love is through a consistent ethic of life,…

In Fort Lauderdale last week to speak at the National Convention of Unitarian Universalists, I met my old friend Bruce Friedrich, with whom I spent eight memorable months in a…

A few weeks ago, I was in Oaxaca on retreat with Maryknoll Lay Missioners who serve and accompany the Mexican poor. One of the most beautiful places in Mexico, Oaxaca…

“This is the best monastic building in the country,” Thomas Merton wrote on May 17, 1968 while visiting the Monastery of Christ in the Desert in northern New Mexico. I…

“The death penalty will be abolished. It’s just a matter of time now.” So said Mike Farrell, star of M*A*S*H and a leading opponent of the death penalty, in a…

I was in Washington, D.C. last week for the opening day of the trial of thirty-five friends and peacemakers who dared to protest the indefinite detention and torture of detainees…

My friend Sister Hildegarde Smith died last month. It was on April 25, at the headquarters of the Sisters of Christian Charity in Wilmette, IL. She and I had served…

Last week, I drove up the mountain to the town of Los Alamos, birthplace of the bomb, along Trinity Drive past Oppenheimer Road near the National Nuclear Weapons Labs. I…

Monday May 19th commemorates an historic occasion. It marks 40 years since the shattering gesture of the Catonsville Nine, those illustrious Catholic resisters, including Daniel and Philip Berrigan. With intent…

In May, 1983 and May, 1985, I attended Sojourners’ “Peace Pentecost” rallies in Washington, D.C.--prayer services and inspiring speakers and nonviolent demonstrations against war and injustice. Those were some of…