As the first fruits of the strawberry season appear in supermarkets across the country, farmworkers, labor activists, and members of the religious community are organizing to demand better conditions...
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Keith Warner O.F.M. 5-01-1997
In the spirit of St. Francis, the SouthWest Environmental Equity Project works for the poor and the Earth.
Sandy Maben, Aaron McCarroll Gallegos 5-01-1997
In spite of the end of the civil war in El Salvador and a strong challenge in the March 16 elections to ARENA...
Sandy Maben, Aaron McCarroll Gallegos 5-01-1997
The online magazine Slate reported recently that statisticians have been unable to disprove the existence of "Torah codes" in the Hebrew scriptures.
Sandy Maben, Aaron McCarroll Gallegos 5-01-1997
Much of the world sees the peace process in Palestine and Israel as taking place between Muslims and Jews, forgetting that there are many Palestinian Christians who are also affe
The Editors 5-01-1997
Sometimes (well, occasionally) the words and image that we put on our cover come together quickly, seemingly with little effort on our part.
Rev. John T. Peyton 5-01-1997
THANKS FOR THE excellent article "The Issue is Poverty" (March-April 1997). As someone who has worked in the inner city of Brooklyn for 35 years, I agree.
Ed Sacco 5-01-1997
I am terribly disappointed with the March-April 1997 issue that claims "white supremacy" is an idol ("Blocking the Prayers of the Church," by Eugene F. Rivers 3d).
Jeremy Lloyd 5-01-1997
WITH SOME truth Rosemary Radford Ruether, as quoted by Aaron Gallegos, suggests environmentalists ignore the issues of race and class.
Lorna Diggle 5-01-1997
I WAS DISMAYED to learn that in serious studies of Mary Magdalene written in the ’90s the gospel according to Mary would have to be "fictionalized".
Aaron McCarroll Gallegos 3-01-1997
Catholic theologian and priest Tissa Balasuriya was excommunicated for heresy from the Roman Catholic Church in January.
Aaron McCarroll Gallegos 3-01-1997
While many people of conscience in the United States are aware of the plight of political prisoners in countries around the world, Americans rarely hear about those locked up in
Gary Cummings 3-01-1997
I AM A PENTECOSTAL (though I don’t really think the term is scriptural) Christian who has just recently discovered your magazine.