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Love confronting death
"Brutality engenders brutality," I heard myself utter when I was first told that Jim Loney and his companions had been abducted in Iraq. The...
Catholic New Times, 04/09/06 by Leonard Desroches · More from publication -
Abduction, the gun and God: prayer, compassion and community key for transformation
When our friend Jim Loney was abducted in Iraq in November 2005, Anna and I knew that it was not our life that was disrupted, but our plans. Out of...
Catholic New Times, 03/05/06 by Leonard Desroches · More from publication -
Never suppress the spirit
In his first letter to the church community in Thessalonika, Paul urges us to unleash the Spirit into the brutal reality of the four members of...
Catholic New Times, 01/15/06 by Leonard Desroches · More from publication -
Jesus' birth proves the power of vulnerability
I get off at the Sherbourne subway and take the Glen Road exit toward my flat on Bleecker Street, downtown Toronto. A woman is walking ahead of me....
National Catholic Reporter, 12/23/05 by Leonard Desroches · More from publication -
'Une dangereuse maladie': General Bollardi re renounced torture and war
With the full weight of my body behind ir, my left elbow smashes onto the road as I am ejected from my bike. Skin, bone and blood against asphalt....
Catholic New Times, 12/05/04 by Leonard Desroches · More from publication -
Embodied love
Dear editor, Dear editor, I first personally experienced Archbishop Ted Scott's commitment to social justice through his support for my work...
Anglican Journal, 09/01/04 by Leonard Desroches · More from publication -
War as liberation, Christ as collateral damage
I don't generally watch television. But tonight God has something in store for me: watching something momentous that cannot be missed. I have taken...
Catholic New Times, 02/08/04 by Leonard Desroches · More from publication -
Shock and awe—the U.S. Pentagon's name for attack on Iraqis
I am not shocked at the premeditated mass murder of innocent Iraqis or "collateral damage." I am not shocked at the U.S's refusal to join...
Catholic New Times, 04/20/03 by Leonard Desroches · More from publication -
Phil Berrigan: an elder brother in faith and resistance
A number of Canadians came to know Phil as a friend. What nourished my own friendship with Phil was the quality of his faith. As a public figure,...
Catholic New Times, 01/05/03 by Leonard Desroches · More from publication -
Seek justice, not vengeance
Thomas Doyle rightly highlights the unavoidable anger felt lay the victims of sex abuse by the clergy ("The Canadian Stupor," CNT, Oct. 6). How is...
Catholic New Times, 11/17/02 by Leonard Desroches · More from publication
