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Note: Last Saturday, July 8, I gave a plenary titled "A Great Cloud of Witnesses: Encountering Exemplars of the Gospel Practice(s) of Peace" at the

In 'The World Cannot Give,' writer Tara Isabella Burton reckons with both grand questions and contemporary trials.

International community. world cannot live in peace and security if we have such an aggressor whos attacking neighboring countries and not only neighboring countries, killing hundreds of thousands people in chechnya, in georgia -- >> yes. >> -- in ukraine, in syria, in africa, around the world. >> yeah. were witnessing it every day. andrei illarionov, thanks very much for giving us your insight. >> thank you. >> ill be back live from ukraine in just a few minutes. but up next, new controversy ab...

The political unrest and isolation of the past few years have driven most people a bit haywire. The traditional friend you grew up with has become a seething Catholic reactionary. Your once-liberal buddy has started scrawling “ACAB” everywhere. These things, already difficult for an adult to navigate, can be even more so for an adolescent, who by nature struggles to define the self against abstraction.

To be in a battle. all hes ever asked for is to give us the opportunity to defend ourselves. dont let us fight with sticks. ive had present conversations with the president long before this came. my advice to him was provide them the armament earlier to detour hooton from ever make this decision the entire time h said he would do the sanctions afterwards. and when the sanctions came it would take months to work for the ukrainian people cannot wait . the world cannot make what weight months as we...

Acclaimed author Tara Isabella Burton discusses the decade of work that went into her new literary novel, The World Cannot Give.

theyre advancing toward moammar gadhafis compound. ro ro nato said today fwa daffys regime is, quote, crumbling. the libyan government denies any rebel gains and in an audio address on state-run tv, gadhafi vowed to fight to the end. >> reporter: you remember the million marches. i am with you. alongside with you. in this fight. we will not -- were not going to give way or give up. >> a fierce gun battle broke out today near a hotel where many international reporters are staying. cnns ...