THIS WEEK

Highlights from the print edition

No paper next week
The next Prairie Messenger will be dated July 28, after which PM staff will take a three-week holiday.

Bloody Sunday
On June 15 the British government finally confronted its responsibilities to civil society and the rule of law by addressing one of the darkest moments of the Northern Ireland Troubles, writes Rev. Tom Ryan, CSP. It’s a clear lesson on the importance of saying “I’m sorry.”

Conference on exorcism

Many years ago, when The National Catholic Reporter was a young newspaper, it ran a feature in the left-hand column of page one that highlighted embarrassingly dumb items that had recently appeared in parish bulletins and other ecclesiastical documents, says Rev. Richard McBrien. This week, he says, he'd have an entry for such a feature.

Israel a controversial place
There’s an illness that stubbornly resists both treatment and cure. I call it “Israelphobia,” and it is, unfortunately, a chronic condition, says Rabbi James Rudin.

Ecological justice
“What we need now is an awakening spiritual sensitivity to the Earth community as sacred, and a commitment to protect the rights of the larger Commons,” says Sister Maureen Wild. “Our survival depends on it.”