Completing a pilgrimage from the Texas site of a World War II internment camp, interfaith activists said history is repeating itself at the nation’s only family detention facility.
Not long ago, citizens of the European Union were proud of their status as guarantors of human rights and social peace. Upheavals of the past — when economic rivalry and religious differences forced people, including Mennonites, to flee to the New World — had become nothing more than historical events.
I am Mennonite. My family history and culture, my deepest ethical values, my orientation to scripture and my last name are all inextricably tied to the Mennonite story.
The Project for Refugee People in Ecuador ended its work April 30 after decades of supporting refugees fleeing violence in neighboring Colombia.