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September 25 In Jewish History 275: Marcus Claudius Tacitus appointed Roman emperor by the senate. By now the Roman Empire was in decline and Emperor’s served at the pleasure of the Army.  In the case of Tacitus, that meant a mere six months.  One of...

“Build That Wall!” Refrain enthusiastically shouted during packed Donald Trump Republican campaign rallies around the US in 2016. “Tear down this wall!” Part of a speech made by Republican US President Ronald Reagan in West Berlin June 12, 1987, calling...

Fr. Thomas Berry educated and inspired many.  His last book, The Great Work: Our Way into the Future, was certainly read by many of those who worked on Laudato Si’.  It remains a source of guidance and consideration.  What follows are excerpts from this...

The “muscular” Christ is back. He’s tough on his enemies and his word is absolute. But is that who Christ really was? Barry Boyce talks with Elaine Pagels, the leading authority on Christianity’s suppressed gospels....

Land, property theft & destruction / Ethnic cleansing / Restriction of movement   Bedouin Arabs protest forced displacement plan in Negev, southern Israel IMEMC 25 Nov — A visit by several Israeli legislators to the Negev desert in...