Category: Social change

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Religious Cold War Heats up in Latin America

SANTIAGO, Chile — When 43 visiting bishops and priests were arrested in Ecuador last month, the Catholic Church was stunned. Though persecution of priests and nuns is becoming commonplace in Latin American countries, the arrest and expulsion of such high-ranking Churchmen, including four U.S. bishops,

A common sight at Harding’s Friendly Market in Middlebury

Our America: One Family in Search of a Nation
August 4, 1976

South Hero, Vermont — Here, on this sliver of an island wedged like a wiener between the buns of Vermont and New York, we again attached Lady K’s three-pronged umbilical cord and settled in for a few nights. Our campground was only a short distance

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Christians For Socialism Challenge Catholicism and Communism

ROME, Italy — A political-religious battle is under way in Europe that will shape the future of this continent as well as Latin America. U.S. interests in these countries also will be affected. Known in Europe as the “Catholic question,” the controversy started in 1972

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Prophets of Change in Latin America
Catholic Bishops Challenge Military

BOGOTA, Colombia — When Pope Paul returned to Rome after a tumultuous welcome in Bogota as the first Papal visitor to Latin America, most journalists figured the story was over. Very few travelled to Medellin in western Colombia, where the Latin American bishops were attending

Botswana's small-scale but active Parliament in Gaborone, the capitol.

Botswana: “Island” of Hope

Within the volatile southern African subcontinent — where war, racial tension and political and economic problems compete for headlines — there is only one country comparatively problem-free. A non-racial, potentially wealthy and politically stable nation, Botswana is the only state that is prospering without pressure