Papal pressure
There are different versions of when it happened, but more than 60 years ago when confronted with the idea that the Vatican might not be enamored with his policies, Soviet […]
A week of criminals and culture clashes
By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star LEBANON So many different things have happened across the Middle East and in Arab-Israeli-Iranian-American relations this week that it is hard to know where to start in analyzing the situation and sorting out the important and lasting developments from the merely fleeting issues. […]
Apostolic exhortation tackles Christians’ Mideast exodus
By Olivia Alabaster The Daily Star, Lebanon BEIRUT: The aim of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Lebanon is ostensibly to allow him to deliver an “apostolic exhortation” in response to […]