Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 30th, 2009 Comments
Robert Ellsberg, the editor of The Duty of Delight, the Diaries of Dorothy Day remembers first meeting the founder of the Catholic Worker movement, and what he has learned about Day by editing her diaries and her forthcoming collection of letters.
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 23rd, 2009 Comments
William Bole offers a critique of the social conservative movement, arguing that too often their positions are indistinguishable from the platform of the Republican National Committee. This is unfortunate, Bole contends, because a truly independent social conservative movement could play a key role in implementing policies designed to strengthen the family.
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 20th, 2009 Comments
Associate editor Kevin Clarke interviews John Donaghy, a lay missionary from Honduras, on the country's political crisis in wake of the ouster of Manuel Zelaya on June 28. Donaghy assesses the church's response to what some have called a coup d'etat, and what impact the political strife will have on the country's poor.
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 13th, 2009 Comments
What would "Mexican Night" look like in heaven? The Jesuit Peter Steele offers a playful scenario in his poem of the same name, read here by the author along with "Kyrie Eleison, "Lazarus at the Gate (After Tiepolo)," and other writings. For more on the Australian poet read Jim McDermott's profile of Steele in the October 19 issue.
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 2nd, 2009 Comments
Paul Moses recounts the remarkable meeting between St. Francis of Assisi and Sultan al-Kamil in the midst of the Fifth Crusade. Moses explores why this meeting was glossed over for so many years, and what the encounter can teach contemporary observers in an age of tense Muslim-Christian relations.
