A Question at the Margins: Juárez’s Geography of Contrasts

Do you go to the bathroom? How strange a question. My brother was asked this by a four-year-old girl named Monica about 15 years ago. The odd question has haunted me for years, and I've been thinking about it lately in relation to the Pope's upcoming visit to Juárez. First, some context. Monica is from an area of Juárez commonly called La Periferia, literally translated as “the periphery.” It is at the margins, at the edge of the city.
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Judge Grants Extradition of Salvadoran Colonel Accused in Jesuit Massacre

GREENVILLE, NC - Federal Magistrate Judge Kimberly Swank issued a decision today granting the extradition to Spain of Inocente Orlando Montano, El Salvador’s former Vice Minister of Public Security, to stand trial for his role in the 1989 massacre ofIgnacio Ellacuría, S.J., Ignacio Martín-Baró, S.J., Segundo Montes, S.J., Juan Ramón Moreno, S.J., Joaquín López y López, S.J., Amando López, S.J. and their housekeeper Elba Ramos, and her 15 year-old daughter Celina Ramos at the University of Central America in El Salvador.
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Pope Francis Releases Video Calling to “Care for Creation”

ROME, ITALY - Today Pope Francis released a video asking people of the world to unite with him in prayer for the care of creation. This is the second video of the monthly campaign of the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network, through which Pope Francis calls men and women everywhere to pray in solidarity in response to diverse challenges facing humanity.