A haunting image captures a solemn young boy waiting in line at a crematorium in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945. He …Read More
Category: Editorials
Nuclear weapons and protecting human life
Pope Francis travels to Japan on Nov. 24. He will visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki, where tens of thousands of people …Read More
Come in from the cold
Early episodes of bone-chilling weather, a persistent shortage of affordable housing and emergency shelters running at capacity leave too many …Read More
Keep the Dreamers in your prayers
One works as an EMT; another served in the U.S. Army; others attend colleges, universities or are employed in various …Read More
A common purpose for our common home
(Editor’s note: Sister Johanna Rickl, CHM, wrote the following guest editorial.) “If we have no peace, it is because we have …Read More
Northeastern Syria needs US
People forced to flee from their homes in northeastern Syria because of the abrupt pullout of U.S. troops need many …Read More
The gift of accompaniment
In remarks following the funeral Mass for her younger sister Jane, who had Down syndrome, Mary Rourke of Davenport spoke …Read More