The Christmas edition of the Kansas City-based National Catholic Reporter was posted online tonight, and the cover story is all about the two-year-old godson of James Loney, a Saultite currently being held hostage with three fellow peace activists in Iraq.
To read the article, written by a drywaller named Leonard Desroches who helped found Canada's Catholic New Times newspaper and who's done nonviolence training for Christian Peacemaker Teams, please click here.
The illustration accompanying this SooToday.com article is a detail from a painting of St. Joseph produced by the workshop of the Italian Baroque-era painter Guido Reni, who lived from 1575 to 1642.
The original hangs in the Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice.
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Saultite kidnapped, accused of spying in Iraq More on the Jim Loney story Saultites remember James Loney A tale of two fathers - by James Loney Statements from families of abducted peace activists World Council of Churches calls for James Loney's release The passionate Catholicism of James Loney Kidnappers to kill James Loney next week St. Gerard Majella to hold prayer service for Jim Loney Noam Chomsky fights for kidnapped Saultite Toronto fasts and prays for Jim Loney Loney family makes video for broadcast on Arab TV Pictures of a peacemaker Letters from James Loney's friends An old friend of Jim Loney's from Columbus Boys Camp Our family would like to express its deepest gratitude Deadline extended for James Loney Iraqi group kills U.S. security contractor More about James Loney Prayers for Jim Loney, from British Columbia From Iraq, only silence They're thinking of Jim Loney today in Grassy Narrows Jim Loney update A litany of resistance - by James Loney Plea to Those Who Abducted the Four, by Yorifumi Yaguchi Volunteers line up to join Christian Peacemaker Teams Jim Loney on Iraq, and treatment of Anishinaabe in Kenora New Zealand's prime minister worries about Iraq hostages Jim Loney, torture and the national media The extraordinary Iraq experiences of James Loney Americans held in 1979 Iranian crisis offer Loneys support Toronto Star silent about disputed Iraq hostage claim Saturday statement from Christian Peacemaker Teams New hostage unit investigates Jim Loney abduction Thoughts from Maxine German hostage released in Iraq Dear Mr. President
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