Magazine
Sojourners Magazine: July-August 1996
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Cover Story
On Palm Sunday, March 31, 1996, Sister Dianna Ortiz stood in Lafayette Park, across from the White House, and for the first time spoke in public of the most difficult parts of her torture.
When the reporter asked, “Why do you believe Sister Dianna’s story?” I replied without
hesitation.
Feature
Commentary
When President Clinton vetoed a bill this spring that would have banned a specific method of late-term abortion, many people were outraged.
Columns
It may be the most creative thing that’s ever happened in Woodruff Park in downtown Atlanta.
Catholic religious congregations these days find themselves in uncharted waters as they increasingly move toward internationalizing their communities.
One day in early May I left Sojourners Neighborhood Center for about an hour to run to the post office and the bank.
If the opening campaign ads from the
Democrats and Republicans are any indication, it could be a
long fall.
Culture Watch
For weeks this spring I was obsessed with the (alleged) Unabomber.
Departments
I READ WITH interest the article on the people who were arrested for praying in the Capitol Rotunda. I am a Canadian, and we need the same effort in our provincial and feder
Transitions Abroad. Hear Our Voices. 500 Years of Chicano History.
I MOSTLY AGREED with Jim Wallis about
Waiting to Exhale (“Hearts & Minds,” May-June
1996).
I JUST FINISHED reading online the
Sojourners piece, “Dear Judge Wynn...” (March-April
1996) and it literally brought me to tears.
I WAS DELIGHTED with the special section on creativity and faith in the May-June 1996 issue (“In the Image of God”).
“SINKING NOAH’S ARK” points to the timely work of “laying out the clear biblical mandate for believers to protect the environment” done by the Evangelical Environmental Network.
AS BELIEVERS IN justice for those who face
discrimination in our society, we applaud the Sojourners
mission.
Washington, D.C., is a town with more than
its share of vigils, marches, and demonstrations.
Thanks to your recent issue with articles on art and artistic creativity (“In the Image of God,” May-June 1996), I have realized my inner passion for poems and poetry that glorify the Lord.
“Anything worth living for is worth dying for,” Brian Rohatyn told The Washington Post concerning his fast with Pastors for Peace on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.
British Parliament member John Hume
received the International Human Rights Award this spring for
his nonviolent reconciliation work in Northern Ireland.
Awards were also gi
Washington, D.C., is a town with more than its share of vigils, marches, and demonstrations.
Margarito and Maria Esquino, refugees in
Washington, D.C., received death threats this spring that
they suspect came from members of El Salvador’s ruling
ARENA party.
I WAS MOVED by Oliver Thomas’ commentary, “Neutral and Free” (March-April 1996).
IT WAS WITH great interest that I read the
reflections that were part of “In the Image of
God.” As an actor I know there is too little that
depicts the life of the