Editor rsquo s Note Some of the challenges facing Honduras today are featured in the Feb 10 issue of America After the country held national elections on Nov 24 America nbsp asked Ismael Moreno Coto S J popularly known as Padre Melo to reflect on the implications of the elections Padre Mel

ldquo Leave out the women and you don rsquo t have a full and robust economy Lead with the women and you do rdquo These are the opening words of the report by Maria Shriver and the Center for American Progress titled ldquo The Shriver Report A Woman rsquo s Nation Pushes Back from the Brink

Pete Seeger Mayflower American World War II vet Harvard dropout folk archivist union agitator ldquo unreliable rdquo Communist Party member Weaver husband father and grandfather a banjo picker passed away last night Seeger of course will be remembered for his incomparable contribution

Chennai India mdash As you may recall I am on sabbatical this year and from early January until the end of March I am traveling in India doing some writing visiting familiar places such as Chennai where I have lived many times and Kolkata Calcutta where I rsquo ve visited three times be

A prospective reader of this blog noting its title might assume that it might be about contemplation the meditative techniques and practices which help us see ourselves and the world differently In fact it is about my reactions to an extraordinary and large the largest exhibit ever held in San

The Associated Press is reporting tonight that a document it has obtained indicates that nbsp Pope Benedict XVI defrocked nearly 400 priests over just two years for sexually molesting children According to the report the statistics for 2011 and 2012 quot show a dramatic increase over the 171 priest