U.S. military
In ‘Three Chaplains,’ Muslim military chaplains find resilience in faith
By Kathryn Post — November 3, 2023
(RNS) — The new documentary, premiering on PBS Nov. 6, finds unexpected resonance with its interfaith message amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
Pope meets with wife and family of Julian Assange, who says pontiff ‘concerned’ by his suffering
By Rebecca Preciutti — July 3, 2023
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The visit came as Stella Assange has been seeking to drum up political support for her husband’s cause, including a visit to his native Australia last month.
A post-Afghanistan foreign policy means more diplomacy, less corruption
By Thomas Reese — August 31, 2021
(RNS) — It is time for a foreign policy that favors diplomacy rather than guns.
What’s next for the US in Afghanistan? Four essential projects
By Thomas Reese — August 24, 2021
(RNS) — Now that we have lost the war in Afghanistan, there is still unfinished business with which America must deal.
In Afghanistan, we made the same mistakes as in Vietnam
By Thomas Reese — August 17, 2021
(RNS) — I saw this movie in 1975 at the fall of Saigon.
Afghanistan after the US withdrawal: The Taliban speak more moderately but their extremist rule hasn’t evolved in 20 years
By Sher Jan Ahmadzai — July 22, 2021
(The Conversation) — Two decades have passed since the US invasion of Afghanistan toppled the Taliban’s Islamic extremist regime. Despite efforts to update its image, the group still holds hard-line views.
Why President Biden is right to get our troops out of Afghanistan
By Thomas Reese — April 23, 2021
(RNS) — A fundamental principle of the just war theory is that you should not fight an unwinnable war.
How the US military has embraced growing religious diversity
By Ronit Y. Stahl — November 12, 2019
(The Conversation) — The U.S. military has continually, and often slowly, adapted its relationship with American religion, cognizant of the pragmatic need to support religious diversity but fearful of too much splintering.
In recognizing multiple faiths, the US military moves beyond its shameful past
By Yonat Shimron — June 2, 2017
(RNS) For many years, there were only three kinds of religious 'toothpaste' in the military: Judaism, Catholicism and Protestantism.
With Petraeus, echoes of that other warrior David
By Daniel Burke — November 14, 2012
(RNS) It’s tempting to view the sex scandal surrounding former Gen. David Petraeus through a religious lens. Even before his fall from grace, some Pentagon colleagues compared Petraeus to the biblical King David - another proud and powerful warrior. By Daniel Burke.
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