Tony Magliano

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  Sep 13, 2015

  Millions of Refugees Have No Place to Call Home

  The heartbreaking photo of the little Syrian refugee boy washed up dead on the shore of Bodrum, Turkey strikingly illustrates the tragic plight of desperate refugees — mostly Syrian — fleeing for their lives from the Islamic State and other violent groups in the Middle East and Africa.

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  Aug 29, 2015

  There Is No School for Millions of Working Children Worldwide

  It's that time again when adults take off to celebrate Labor Day, and kids head back to the adventures a new school year. But for millions of children worldwide the adventures of a new school year remain but a dream.

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  Aug 17, 2015

  For Sale: Aborted Baby Body Parts

  When one considers the many ways countless human beings are treated like cheap disposable products – from children exploited by pornographers, to young sweatshop workers exploited by wealthy corporations – it's hard to imagine how much worse it can get for the poor and vulnerable.

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  Jul 29, 2015

  Catholic Priest Who Blessed Atomic Bomb Crews and His Conversion

  Seventy years ago, on August 6, 1945, the single most destructive weapon ever unleashed upon human beings and the environment – the atomic bomb – was dropped by an American B-29 bomber on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing approximately 80,000 people.

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  Jul 21, 2015

  Some Catholic Church Leaders Applaud Nuclear Agreement With Iran

  Committed to a negotiated settlement over the real possibility of armed conflict, six world powers and Iran have decided to give peace a chance.

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  Jul 3, 2015

  Pope Francis: Remembering Another Great Encyclical

  While Pope Francis' new encyclical Laudato, Si' is enjoying wide publicity, few people are aware this year marks the 20th anniversary of another powerfully prophetic social justice and peace encyclical: Evangelium Vitae.

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  Jun 22, 2015

  The 'Green' Pope Has Arrived

  It's courageous, it's prophetic, it's challenging, it's holistic, it's wonderful: That's what I think of Pope Francis' environmental encyclical "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home."

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  Jun 4, 2015

  The Hidden Poor of Appalachia

  Hidden largely out of sight in the mountains and hollows were people living in shacks with no indoor plumbing. They would haul water from the nearest spring.

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  May 20, 2015

  A Baltimorean's Reflections On the Baltimore Riots

  Whether it's on an individual, city, national, or international level, violence always dishonors God, and makes bad situations worse. The recent Baltimore City riots were no exception: people were injured, neighborhood stores were burned, and violence was further engrained into a city and world already steeped in violence.

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  May 5, 2015

  The Courageous Witness of Oscar Romero

  Who would have imagined on Feb. 23, 1977, the day of his appointment as Archbishop of San Salvador, that the highly conservative Oscar Romero – who was suspicious of the Catholic Church's involvement in political activism – would die a martyr's death for courageously defending his people against the murderous assaults of the Salvadoran government, military and right-wing death squads?