The forces arrayed against the education of the girl-child are legion and formidable.

If for a second Óscar Romero had glanced through the open doors of the chapel, would he have seen the young man taking aim? Would he have been afraid? Would he have been tempted to flee?

'If we do not learn to treat the elderly well, we won't be treated well either.'

Life, death and the home country

Last year Brittany Maynard's controversial decision to 'die with dignity' captured the national imagination and rekindled the contentious debate over the right to die.

An interview with the provocative culture critic with James Martin, S.J. from 1994