March 1, 2010

Prison policy needs to allow for the possibility of redemption.

The Age of the E-Reader; Aid and Corruption in Haiti; Arctic Contemplatives

The exhibit “Good Friday” explores the enduring power of the image of the suffering Christ for contemporary artists.

Metals found in such everyday electronic items as mobile phones are helping to fund a bloody conflict in Congo.

A Vatican statement said that church leaders recognized the sense of “pain and anger, betrayal, scandal and shame” that the crisis provoked.

Catholic Relief Services’ anti-hunger programs during 2008 helped an estimated 49.3 million people.

Mexico has been involved in a crackdown on narcotics trafficking cartels that have been fighting turf wars over smuggling routes into the U.S.