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The border's deadly landscapes: difficult terrain threatens immigrants' lives
The Arizona sky was a crystal blue the morning the Rev. John Fife drove away from Tucson and headed south, where the city quickly gave way to...
National Catholic Reporter, 06/26/09 by Demetria Martinez · More from publication -
The future is happening now: people of every culture were engaging in guerrilla iconography, creating images of Obama that rendered visible their own aspirations and mirrored their own dreams
My journey to the White House began Thanksgiving Day, 2006. My parents and I had just seen the movie "Bobby," based on the life of Robert Kennedy....
National Catholic Reporter, 03/20/09 by Demetria Martinez · More from publication -
Migration theology tackles the plight of immigrants
"Christians owe their salvation to a refugee," the Rev. Joan Maruskin said in a recent interview. "Christians owe their salvation to a refugee,"...
National Catholic Reporter, 11/14/08 by Demetria Martinez · More from publication -
Novenas to disarm the world: an Albuquerque parish prays for weapons-free heavens
"Disarmament was something close to my heart," recalls Fatima Portugal, who had been praying the rosary almost every day before the Blessed...
National Catholic Reporter, 07/25/08 by Demetria Martinez · More from publication -
Helping those who help others: those who care for the aged need more from their parishes and families
Because my mother, Dolores, decided not to become a Carmelite nun, I'm here today. Instead, she raised three children, earned a degree in early...
National Catholic Reporter, 05/02/08 by Demetria Martinez · More from publication -
Breath on mirrors: traveling exhibit remembers human rights crimes in Latin America
Over the holidays I walked into the bright, spacious New Mexico gallery, Site Santa Fe, then dawdled among gift shop items. When I ran out of ways...
National Catholic Reporter, 02/22/08 by Demetria Martinez · More from publication -
Better than Leno: a good night's read is a pilgrimage around the world
I'm lucky. Nobody occupies the other half of my bed. Only books have earned that honor. A good night's read is a pilgrimage around the world that...
National Catholic Reporter, 10/26/07 by Demetria Martinez · More from publication -
The grim eloquence of charred corpses
It was beautiful, the drive into northern New Mexico. We were encircled by red stone bluffs dotted with junipers that from a distance looked like...
National Catholic Reporter, 08/31/07 by Demetria Martinez · More from publication -
Reviving the sanctuary movement
Nineteen years ago this spring I was preparing to go to trial to fight federal charges of conspiracy against the U.S. government. Accused of aiding...
National Catholic Reporter, 07/06/07 by Demetria Martinez · More from publication -
Eat, or the journey will be too long
I think a lot about food. I've carried around an imaginary 15 extra pounds most of my life. I'm 46 years old and I'd guess that six of those extra...
National Catholic Reporter, 01/26/07 by Demetria Martinez · More from publication
