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Tom Webb

Tom Webb is a freelance writer and member of the Oakland Catholic Worker community and Pax Christi Northern California's regional council.

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A liturgy of memory and repentance for survivors of the atomic bombing of Japan

Takashi Tanemori distinctly remembers the intensity that characterized the lessons both of his parents gave him on the morning of Aug. 6, 1945, in Hiroshima. He was 8 years old.

Honduran Jesuit comes to US to promote reforms in US-Honduras relations

A six-person delegation of human rights activists from Honduras, including the high-profile "Padre Melo," is in the middle of a nine-city tour across the U.S. that's scheduled to end in Washington, D.C., with a rally and prayer service to draw attention to the drastic need for reform in Honduras.

In militarized Honduras, delegation speaks truth to power to US Embassy

Members of the Emergency Religious Delegation to Honduras took a four-hour bus trip Jan. 28 from El Progreso to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to deliver a report to the U.S. Embassy.

A highway standoff between the military and residents of Puller, north of El Progreso, Honduras (Tom Webb)

Post-election Honduras means living in a hypermilitarized state

San Pedro Sula, Honduras - President Hernández gets inaugurated for a second term, while Hondurans live under military rule that keeps order with batons, tear gas and automatic weapons.

Honduras march with delegation

Being a witness to election aftermath in Honduras

Perspective: An ecumenical delegation of 50 U.S. citizens is in Honduras Jan. 24-30 to learn more about the furious national political turmoil following the declaration that incumbent president Juan Orlando Hernández had won the Nov. 26 election. 

An interfaith crowd gathers in First Congregational Church in Berkeley, California, to prepare to participate in a counterdemonstration to a march organized by white supremacists. (Tom Webb)

Prayer, song bolster anti-racism marchers in Berkeley

Perspective: An interfaith crowd of more than 300 gathered at First Congregational Church before joyfully, peacefully joining a larger counterprotest against white supremacists. 

 

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