The mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts, sits in the hot seat each year at an accountability meeting of Catholic, mainline Protestant, and Jewish congregations called the United Interfaith Action of Southeastern Massachusetts to answer questions about past and future policies.
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Rose Marie Berger, Brian Bolton 6-01-2004
Five young women—survivors of child and youth sex trafficking in New York City, Chicago, Minneapolis, and San Francisco—came to Washington, D.C., this winter to share their stories and discuss solutions to a problem that affects an estimated 300,000 youth in the United States annually.
The Editors 6-01-2004
This is not the annual Mother’s Day issue of Sojourners (we’ve never had such an issue).
Marianne Allen 6-01-2004
I very much appreciated "To Serve and Preserve" (by Ched Myers, March 2004), though I somewhat vary in my belief regarding [humanity] having dominion over the Earth. I firmly believe God gave this gift to [humanity]; however, with the awesome gift comes solemn responsibility.
The Editors 5-01-2004
Associate editor Rose Marie Berger joined a January delegation to Venezuela organized by Marie Dennis of the Maryknoll Office of Global Concerns.
S. Mae Clark 5-01-2004
Likening the possible split in the Presbyterian Church (USA) to a divorce, both Richard Mouw and Barbara Wheeler concluded that the institution should stay together and attempt to resolve its differences over GLBT people in the church ("Why the Evangelical Church Needs the Liberal Church," by Ric
Dave Wiles 5-01-2004
I wanted to say a special thank you for the last issue, "Down-to-Earth Theology" (March 2004), and make particular mention of Brian McLarens article, "Consider the Turtles of the Field." Brilliant! Rarely read such compressed wisdom!
James P. Goodman 5-01-2004
Elizabeth Palmbergs "Dont Trade Away the Farm" (January 2004) neatly sums up many of the problems with the World Trade Organization and future bilateral trade deals.
Rose Marie Berger, Brian Bolton 5-01-2004
Protesters converged on Managua in February with brooms in hand to "sweep out" corrupt public officials.
Rose Marie Berger, Brian Bolton 5-01-2004
More than 100 church and grassroots organizations from the United States, Canada, and Mexico met in New York in January to discuss international financial institutions and trade and investment treaties that affect the poor in North America. "Behind these trade agreements are peop
Rose Marie Berger, Brian Bolton 5-01-2004
With 35,000 churches and monasteries and 500,000 clergy in Ethiopia, the Orthodox Church is poised to send messages into the most remote parts of that country to prevent HIV and to fund ministries to treat the infected. The International Orthodox Christian Charities, the humanitarian aid agency of Orthodox Christians, and the U.S.
Rose Marie Berger, Brian Bolton 5-01-2004
Venezuelan Vice President José Vicente Rangel (left), in a meeting with religious representatives from the United States, took up the delegations proposal that Venezuela stop sending soldiers to the School of the Americas (renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation) at Ft. Ben
Rose Marie Berger, Brian Bolton 5-01-2004
In the diocese of Rapid City, South Dakota, a group of Catholic priests decided to take action on behalf of both the victims and perpetrators of sexual abuse in the church.
Rose Marie Berger, Brian Bolton 5-01-2004
"State of the Dream 2004: Enduring Disparities in Black and White," released in January by United for a Fair Economy, catalogues the continuing and, in some cases, worsening gaps of income, wealth, poverty, health, housing, education, and imprisonment among African-American and white populations in the United States in the last 30
Rose Marie Berger, Brian Bolton 5-01-2004
EuroVision.
Seven European businessesMTV Europe, National Grid Transco, ABB, Barclays, Novartis, The Body Shop International, and Novo Nordiskhave agreed to comply with U.N. principles on human rights. The norms had previously only been applied to countries, not corporations.
Michaela Bruzzese 5-01-2004
The history of the struggles of the oppressed is the history of the call of the Holy Spirit to a divided world, writes Mexican theologian Maria Pilar Aquino in Our Cry for Life.
Rose Marie Berger, Brian Bolton 4-01-2004
It's On Me. Canada has cancelled the $750 million debt owed it by Iraq to help put the war-torn country on a "better foundation" for economic development.
Joseph Ross 4-01-2004
My concern with "Should the Church Split Over Gay and Lesbian Christians?" (February 2004 cover) is simple: For gay and lesbian Christians, the church has been split for a long, long time.