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Watch excerpts from our conversation with the director of policy studies at the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies on some of the ethical and moral issues at stake in the US raid that ended in the death of Osama bin Laden. More
Osama bin Laden is dead. Can Americans experience a moment of national unity without waving a bloody shirt? More
Watch more about the documentation that must be gathered before someone can be proclaimed a saint. More
Welsh poet and Anglican priest R.S. Thomas (1913-2000) has been described as “a poet of the cross, the unanswered prayer, the bleak trek through darkness.” More
The much-praised French film “Of Gods and Men” dramatizes the essence of universal Christian love, according to the author of the book on which the movie is based. More
“If Libya is not clearly distinguished by extraordinary violence, then the president’s claim that protecting civilians is the primary purpose of intervening in Libya is very weak indeed.” More
Emory University philosophy professor Nicholas Fotion weighs the arguments for and against intervention in Libya. More
No one should think that intervention in Libya will be easy or simple, writes religious studies professor Charles Mathewes. “Obama’s message to the nation was a reminder that he surely doesn’t.”
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The challenge in Libya, according to director of policy studies David Cortright, is to “use just means in achieving the declared just ends.” More
Along with a responsibility to protect, international military forces intervening in Libya also have a responsibility to respect. More
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