A young Sandinista combatant Said to Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Miguel d’Escoto: “If there had been more Christians like you, there would be fewer atheists like me.” from Prophets in Combat: The Nicaraguan Journal of Bishop Pedro Casaldáliga [1986]
Dear Layla We are staying with the Hijazzi family these nights We arrive in time to break the fast in the evening Spend the evening then sleep over Leave around 7 in the morning Yesterday…
In his novel Life and Fate Vasily Grossman exposed the horrors of the Soviet system Some of the Soviet intellectuals acknowledged He had told the truth But they were against publishing it Because it could hurt the…
When I decided to really buckle down and study, I’d study fifteen or sixteen hours a day. I’d have breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a book in front of me, never taking my eyes off…
Word of the day, via Abbie Amico: In the Filipino language of Tagalog, there exists a word by the name of Kapwa. Literally translated it means “I’m not me without you” but as with other…
PSC member Madeline Buthod is on an Inter-Faith Peace Builder’s delegation and offers us the following testimony… Today we went to the Tent of Nations, a hilltop farm just outside of Bethlehem. To get there…
Mev: Did you suffer any threats? Ilza Mendes: Yes, they would harass me on the streets or encircle our house. Sometimes I’d come home and find 30 men standing outside my house, all with revolvers…
“Banks care about us” “Banks make our lives easier” “Banks make money for us” “Banks support our communities” “Banks are looking out for us” “Banks give back” “Where would we be without the banks?” “In…
Melissa Hollabaugh and Katie Hart will be sharing their experience traveling in El Salvador this past summer to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the martyrdom of the Jesuits of El Salvador. Melissa and Katie have…
My copy of The Book of Mev arrived at the most opportune, and the most inopportune time imaginable. I was living in the Peter Claver Catholic Worker House in South Bend, Indiana and was being exposed to…