A new reminder of the precariousness of conditions in Lebanon because of the Syria crisis comes from the new president of Caritas Lebanon Maronite Father Paul Karam He urges the international community to step in to assume the responsibility of establishing and maintaining refugee camps for those
Russia is being roundly criticized in this country following its annexation of Crimea At the same time our two countries seem to becoming more and more alike This seems true both in the economic and in the political sphere Russia is now capitalistic and more democratic than in the past while ove
Noah is a timely hero Whatever Hollywood makes of his story in the Bible Noah is a just man who believes that catastrophic climate change is upon him and acts According to Jesus rsquo account of the ancient narrative Luke 17 27 ldquo Everybody kept on eating and drinking men and women marri
There are days when doubt clouds my mood But not Tuesday I was headed out to Bensonhurst to scope out a possible column that morning On the way out along the Grand Central Parkway I suddenly thought of my friend Jack a classic post-Vatican II Irish street priest with a big personality and a lov