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January 2008

January 22, 2008

Historians fear MLK’s legacy being lost

From AP: Nearly 40 years after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.,...

January 21, 2008

Jesuits elect new Superior General

From the U.S. Jesuit Conference: After four days of prayer and personal conversation known as...

January 19, 2008

Canada puts U.S. on torture watch list

From Democracy Now!: The Canadian government has put the United States on a watch list...

January 18, 2008

U.S. won’t join 100 countries who want to ban cluster bombs

From Reuters: Cluster bombs, which nearly 100 countries are seeking to ban, should not be...

January 15, 2008

No Salvation Outside the Poor

I just got my hands on Jon Sobrino's new collection of essays No Salvation Outside...

January 05, 2008

“Imagine it in Toronto”

Something tells me there are at least a few places in Toronto that would remove...

December 2007

December 19, 2007

This is certainly a good start….

From the LA Times: The Bush administration said Tuesday that it would make a 15%...

December 11, 2007

Gordon Zahn dies at 84

See reports here and here.

December 03, 2007

Eugene McCarraher on capitalism, abortion, and the “culture of death”

The Other Journal, an online journal of theology and culture, recently posted an interview with...

December 03, 2007

Military archdiocese gets new warrior shepherd

When the news broke that Archbishop Edwin O'Brien was being moved from his position as...

December 02, 2007

North American Churchwomen – December 2, 1980

Tim's El Salvador Blog remembers the four North American churchwomen -- Maryknoll Sisters Maura Clarke...

November 2007

November 27, 2007

New encyclical, “Spe Salvi,” coming Nov. 30

From Reuters (h/t The Bride and the Dragon): Pope Benedict's second encyclical will be released...

November 25, 2007

What Would Jesus Buy?

A few years ago, a band that I was in had the privilege of playing...

November 19, 2007

25,000 protest the SOA/WHINSEC and U.S. policy

The annual protest at Ft. Benning in Georgia to close the SOA/WHINSEC continues to grow....

November 19, 2007

“See that you not be deceived”

At today's liturgy for the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time we heard a challenging passage...

November 16, 2007

Voting and Salvation: Thanks, but no thanks

As a Catholic whose ongoing study and reflection on discipleship has led him to political...

October 2007

October 31, 2007

Sing to the Lord: Music in Divine Worship

Morning's Minion generated some good discussion around the U.S. bishops' upcoming update of their voter's...

October 29, 2007

Quote of the Week

Christian history, as its content is disclosed in the Book of Revelation, represents the tragedy...

October 27, 2007

St. Augustine: Soft on crime?

I thought of our own Morning's Minion when I read this quote today in the...

October 18, 2007

Priests jailed for protesting torture

From a piece by Bill Quigley for CommonDreams.org: Louis Vitale, 75, a Franciscan priest, and...

October 16, 2007

Appalachian pastorals re-released

From a recent piece by Fr. John Rausch published in the Glenmary Challenge: In the...

October 11, 2007

Bolivia will cut ties to the School of the Americas

From the School of the Americas Watch email list: We are very excited to announce...

October 10, 2007

Sobrino: Placing the poor at the center of society

With respect to society, the democratic tradition with all its values is theoretically oriented to...

October 08, 2007

Catholics and Ann Coulter

Hat tip to friend of Vox Nova AdamV who brought to my attention Ann Coulter's...

October 02, 2007

Surprise, surprise

New York Times: U.S. is Top Arms Seller to Developing World The United States maintained...

September 2007

September 30, 2007

Dorothy Day on the sacrifices of soldiering

War is deviltry. It calls for sacrifices indeed, but not at the altar of love....

September 28, 2007

Real courage: soldiering or peacemaking?

A few Vox Nova readers recently stated in the comboxes that the U.S. soldiers currently...

September 20, 2007

“Though the Mountains Be Shaken”: Toward a Countercultural and Liberative Ecclesial Ethic for Appalachia (7 – Conclusion)

Part Seven (conclusion): Appalachia today in the midst of new forms of “imperial capitalism” Acting...

September 11, 2007

“Though the Mountains Be Shaken”: Toward a Countercultural and Liberative Ecclesial Ethic for Appalachia (6)

Part Six: Appalachia today in the midst of new forms of “imperial capitalism” Judging In...

September 07, 2007

Air Force flies weapons of mass destruction across U.S.

Democracy Now! reports: Military officials have revealed the Air Force mistakenly flew a B-52 bomber...