Voices
Luke Hansen, a former associate editor of America, is a Catholic writer and speaker.
Why Darrel J. Vandeveld left Guantanamo
Faith in Focus
As I learn more about the camp's detainees, I find myself wanting to be a brother to them.
In All Things
There is reason to be concerned with the recent resurgence of rhetoric and threats involving Israel the United States and an allegedly nuclear weapon-seeking Iran What is surprising however is the complicity of Congress in this dangerous path toward military confrontation Recent headlines have
Memory and Healing in El Salvador
Luke Hansen, S.J., took part in delegation to El Salvador from July 24 to Aug. 1, 2014, to mark the 25th anniversary of the assassination of six Jesuit priests, Elba Ramos and her daughter Celina at the University of Central America. The delegation was sponsored by the Ignatian Solidarity Network and Christians for Peace in El Salvador. Hansen writes in “Truth, Then Justice” (http://americamagazine.org/issue/truth-then-justice) the delegation witnessed the bitter fruits of a civil war (1980-1992) but also many concrete signs of life and hope and healing.