Issue 21
May 7, 2007
Has Ratzinger Returned?
I was both surprised and delighted to read in The New York Times today that Liberation Theology is still giving fits to the Vatican. Despite my lament last week that this most formative movement had gone into hiding, Pope B. must still be bugged because he’s headed to Brazil to apparently pick up where John Paul II left off. Check it out here.
Vaya con Dios, Molly and Eric!
Today our second child, Molly, and her husband Eric, head off to The Sudan to begin a two year stint, he with the American Embassy and she as Director of Regional Development for the Mid-East and North Africa for peacexpeace.org. Naturally, as parents we have mixed feelings about their choice of vocations but are enormously proud of their commitment and shared desire to implement peaceful strategies in an increasingly violent world.
Recently I received a copy of a speech by Craig Barnes, an international negotiator and author, delivered last month in Santa Fe. With the author’s permission (and his good wishes to Molly and Eric), I share it here as a poignant and profound reminder that there are many who join our daughter and son-in-law in both spirit and deed.
The Need for Empathy and Generosity in Foreign Policy
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If anyone is able to change the perceptions of the the United States and Americans in general, it will be these two amazing individuals. Dont be surprised if the Save Darfur Coalition is disbanded in the next few months because Darfur was not only saved, but has become a flourishing region of social equality and economic prosperity with bright pink galoshes on every child in sight.
Godspeed to Molly and Eric. They are the ambassadors of the new foreign policy that Craig Barnes so eloquently speaks of. XOXO Mimi
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