By James Carroll, December 20, 2017
In the spring of 1989, a group of black-clad clergy gathered to bury one… Continue reading
“From Cardinal Law to Harvey Weinstein, how ‘Spotlight’ scandal paved way for #MeToo movement”, NBC NEWS
by Corky Siemaszko, December 20, 2017
While Law’s sin was covering up for pedophile priests in Boston, not allegedly assaulting… Continue reading
“Cardinal Bernard Law, who left Boston in wake of clergy abuse scandal, dies at 86”, The Boston Globe
By Mark Feeney, Obituaries, December 20, 2017
Cardinal Bernard F. Law, whose 19-year tenure as head of the Archdiocese of… Continue reading
“As Venezuela Collapses, Children Are Dying of Hunger”
By Meredith Kohut and Isayen Herrera Photographs by Meredith Kohl, Front Page Lead, Sunday New York Times, December 17,… Continue reading
“Burma: 40 Rohingya Villages Burned Since October”, Human Rights Watch
News Release, December 18, 2017
Satellite Imagery Shows New Destruction in Rakhine State
(New York, December 18, 2017) – Analysis… Continue reading
“The Politics of Urban Planning: Jerusalem: whose very own and golden city?” Le Monde diplomatique
by Philippe Rekacewicz & Dominique Vidal, Wednesday 6 December 2017
THE main road from Tel Aviv runs fairly straight until… Continue reading
“Making Art in Communist Romania”, The Paris Review
By Anna Codrea-Rado, December 15, 2017
Forty-four years ago, in dictator Nicolae Ceausescu’s Romania, my grandfather produced an opera that… Continue reading
“Where reporters face beatings, threats and death”, BBC News
By M Ilyas Khan, 17 December 2017
Sitting behind a desktop computer in his first-floor offices in… Continue reading
“Abuse commission member suggests Francis may let group lapse temporarily”, National Catholic Reporter
by Joshua J. McElwee, Vatican, December 14, 2017
ROME — A member of Pope Francis’ commission on clergy sexual abuse… Continue reading
“Australia and Catholic Church ‘Failed’ Abused Children, Inquiry Finds”, The New York Times
By Jacqueline Williams, December 15, 2017
SYDNEY, Australia — A royal commission investigating the sexual abuse of children in Australia… Continue reading