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I spoke of the responsibility to protect at the international level in the preceding post The sorry tale of Father Donald Maguire S J recounted in today s NY Times depicts a profound failure of RtP at a smaller scale albeit one no less devastating to the victims described here What else can

Commentators have been comparing the current Libyan campaign with Bush 2003 in Iraq hoping to launch the following viral conceit liberals Democrats are judging Obama by different standards because the multilateral justifications for use force in the Libya air campaign are equivalent to the argumen

Last week was certainly a study in contrasts between American Catholics and their spiritual leaders and teachers On Sunday the spokesperson for the American Church New York s affable Archbishop Timothy Dolan pulled no punches while confidently defending the church s conservative positions on gay

Last week was certainly a study in contrasts between American Catholics and their spiritual leaders and teachers On Sunday the spokesperson for the American Church New York s affable Archbishop Timothy Dolan pulled no punches while confidently defending the church s conservative positions on gay

As the pope appealed for a halt to the violence in Libya U S bishops issued a tentative endorsement of the Obama administration s use of force in the North African state in order to to protect civilians in Libya from their own government calling on the administration to stay focused on this lim