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Sept. 11 Families Join Nonviolence Efforts in Iraq

by Terry Rockefeller 10-10-2008
Please, spread the message: There is not only violence in Iraq, there is something more -- people are building peace and seeking real change.
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A Generational Thing?

by Bart Campolo 10-09-2008
Good stuff from both of you, Ryan and Jimmy!
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Voice of the Day: St. Francis of Assisi

by God's Politics Editor 10-09-2008
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon;
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Court Victory for Orlando's Homeless - Now What?

by Alan Clapsaddle 10-08-2008
I confess, it feels good to win. It is easy to slip into the trap of feeling as if we have vanquished the oppressor and slain the enemy.
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Just as You Did for the Middle Class, You Also Did For Me

by Adam Taylor 10-08-2008
In the all too familiar script of presidential elections and debates, these words have essentially replaced the words of Jesus.
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Injustice is Not Categorical

by Kaitlin Barker 10-07-2008
Near the Vatican in October 2001, Janice Sevre-Duszynska and fellow advocates hung a banner calling in seven different languages for the ordination of women. Almost seven years later, the fruit of that action and many others like it was realized. Janice's long-awaited and hard-fought ordination Mass took place Aug. 9, 2008, in Lexington, Kentucky.
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