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– Ricardo Levins Morales Related Off-site Links: Jamar Clark: Tension Rises After Killing of Unarmed Minneapolis Man – Elizabeth Chuck...

Yesterday afternoon I joined with around 25 others in braving the cold and rain to attend the weekly peace vigil on the Lake St./Marshall A...

– Source Related Off-site Links: Pope Francis: "Jesus Was A Refugee" – Yasmine Hafiz ( HuffPost Religion , November 17, 2015...

A fter 11 years of prayer and careful discernment, I experienced a moment of clarity in 2013. My primary vocation in this life is a simple o...

. – Warsan Shire Excerpted from " What They Did Yesterday Afternoon " Related Off-site Links: Where Does It Hurt, O City of ...

See also the previous Wild Reed posts: • Photo of the Day – October 29, 2015 • Autumn Leaves • A Magical Time and Place •...

It's the 83rd birthday today of Petula Clark , the English singer, actress and composer whose career has spanned seven decades. . . . A...

The following reflection by Delhi-based Indian blogger Karuna Ezara Parikh was shared earlier today by my friend Patty via Facebook. I t ...

I t's never the right time to make waves or apply pressure, in the minds of some Catholics. The change is always tantalizingly on the ho...

The film from the past year that I find myself most frequently recommending is James Kent's Testament of Youth . Based on the World ...

M any years ago I became fed up with the hollow thank yous and stopped celebrating Veterans Day. Today I join with Veterans For Peace in a ...

"That one day you find someone, and everything they are comes back to you in a strange way that hums . . . that fits, that's bea...

I have to say I really appreciate theologian James Alison 's perspective on the issue that the recently-concluded Synod on the Family c...