And creativity in our society. The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The kohlberg foundation. Barbara g. Fleischman. And by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. To you. And welcome to my guest, king lear. King lear, that is, as portrayed by the actor, john lithgow, who grew the beard for the role and has been frightening our neighbors here in new york city merely by walking down the street at twilights last gleaming, headed to central park, where under the stars, he storms and stalks and strides the stage as shakespeares aging, raging old tyrant, descending into dementia, at war with time, his daughters and himself. There is no more difficult role in the theater, and no play more
Its founders interest in religion, community devj welcome. Im hari sreenivasan, sitting in for bob abernethy. As conflicts continue to rage in many parts of the world, uv strong plea for peacau his weeko from pope francis. Pmpthe start of world war one, f francis urged the International Community to remember the lessons of histo especially the impa of war on children. T i beg you with all my heart, t ju auixd to stop. Faw3xdyq5] a between israel and hamas, a aithbased ni humanitarian groups specifically jewish religious and Community Leaders convened a summit to show their solidarity and unity they heard from members of r congress and Administration Officials who pledged to continue helping israel defend o n urged the u. S. To provide e1 jc itarian aid to christians e been uprooted by the violence. U according to the u. N. , more tha a million iraqis have been displaced because of the recent events. Xd 4ie state Department Said in itr annual religious freedom report this week that
An indianapolisbased private family foundation, dedicated to its founders interest in religion, Community Development and education. Additional funding also provided by mutual of america, designing customized, individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. Im kim lawton, sitting in for bob abernethy. Thank you for joining us. Religious groups were among those condemning a new york grand jury decision this week not to bring charges against a white Police Officer for the death of an unarmed africanamerican man. The police were trying to arrest eric garner for selling loose cigarettes and placed him in an apparent chokehold that led to his death. The United Church of christ called the decision an inexplicable travesty. Southern baptist leader Russell Moore said, quote a government that can choke a man to death on video for selling cigarettes is not a government living up to a biblical definition of justice, or any recognizable definition of just
Additional funding also provided by mutual of america. Designing customized, individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. Faith groups around the world this week expressed outrage and grief after the attack on the paris office of the satirical newspaper charlie hebdo. The paper had been targeted in the past for printing caricatures of the prophet mohammed. The Muslim Public Affairs council strongly condemned the attack, saying it stood in contradiction to how mohammed responded to insults. Interfaith groups urged the public not to retaliate against muslims. At a vatican chapel mass, pope francis denounced the attacks as human cruelty. He prayed for the victims and asked god to change the hearts of the perpetrators. The pope is making preparations for his visit to sri lanka and the philippines next week, where interfaith relations and recovery from disasters are expected to be major themes. Thi
Education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security at carnegie. Org. The ford foundation, working with visionaries on the front lines of social change worldwide. The herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations Whose Mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The kohlberg foundation. Barbara g. Fleischman. And by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. I imagine we will be wondering for a long time to come about the particulars of what happened at that fatal moment in ferguson, missouri last summer, when officer Darren Wilson and Young Michael brown confronted each other. And how t