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Close Guantánamo Now!
Posted on Jun 3, 2008 05:09am CST.| On the Road to Peace by John Dear S.J. | Tuesday, June 3, 2008 |
| Vol. 2, No. 39 |
I was in Washington, D.C. last week for the opening day of the trial of 35 friends and peacemakers who dared to protest the indefinite detention and torture of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. They did their best over several days to speak in court on behalf of those who never had a day in court.
Chicago Cardinal silences priest who mocked Clinton
Posted on Jun 3, 2008 05:17am CST.By KEVIN ECKSTROM, Religion News Service
The Chicago priest who mocked Hillary Clinton by saying she cried on the campaign trail because "there's a black man stealing my show" has been told by Cardinal Francis George not to speak about politics.
Fr. Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina's Catholic Church on the city's South Side apologized after a May 25 appearance at Sen. Barack Obama's former church in which he said Clinton thought she was "entitled" to become president because she's white.
Hazards for both sides when politicians court pastors
Posted on Jun 3, 2008 05:17am CST.By ADELLE M. BANKS and DANIEL BURKE, Religion News Service
Mitt Romney and his Mormon faith. Mike Huckabee and his "Christian leader" ads. John McCain and John Hagee. Hillary Clinton and her "prayer warriors." Barack Obama and Jeremiah Wright.
To put it mildly, the 2008 election has featured an extraordinary emphasis on religion.
"There's been more religious ferment in this election than any since 1960," said Ralph Reed, the GOP strategist who helped build the Christian Coalition in the 1990s, "and I don't expect that to come to an end."
