Diane Foley
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News Briefing: Church in the World
Pope Leo received Diane Foley, the mother the journalist of James Foley beheaded by Islamic State militants in 2014.
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BBC interview with Diane Foley
Hostage advocate Diane Foley of the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation speaks with BBC News on her hopes for the Middle East.
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Book Leader Marjory Hall Discusses “American Mother”
“American Mother” focuses on Diane Foley’s experience as the mother of James Foley, a journalist held captive and murdered by ISIS.
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The Universal Irony of War
High Plains Public Radio named “American Mother” by Diane Foley and Colum McCann to its 2025 Fall Read list.
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Diane Foley, the Example of Christian Forgiveness
Diane Foley, mother of a journalist kidnapped and killed by ISIS, recently met Pope Leo XIV.
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Diane Foley meets the Pope: How I came to forgive my son’s murderer
Pope Leo XIV meets Diane Foley alongside writer Colum McCann, with whom she co-authored a book recounting the events surrounding her son’s death.
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My son was a victim of hostage-taking. These steps could help protect other Americans.
On Aug. 19, 2014, Diane Foley’s son James Wright Foley — a courageous American journalist reporting from Syria — was publicly beheaded by the Islamic…
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High Plains Public Radio 2025 Fall Read List
Tags: Diane FoleyDiane Foley’s book “American Mother,” co-authored with Colum McCann and published in 2024, was featured in High Plains Public Radio’s 2025 Fall Read List.
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Against the silence of the good: Interview with Colum McCann, co-author of “American Mother”
Writer Colum McCann tells the story of Diane Foley, a mother who forgave her son’s killer. Journalist James W. Foley was abducted in Syria in…
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Hostage Week in Washington D.C.
Coinciding with the presentation of the annual James W. Foley Freedom awards in Washington D.C., a rich variety of events took place during the week…
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Mother of journalist Jim Foley grateful for effort to recover remains of ISIS hostages