Diane Foley
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A Good Once Begun: ‘American Mother’ Book Review
A review of “American Mother” by Collum McCann and Diane Foley
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2025 Lantos Human Rights Prize Honors Courageous Mothers Turned Hostage Advocates Diane Foley and Rachel Goldberg-Polin
The Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice today announced that it will award the 2025 Lantos Human Rights Prize to a pair of courageous…
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Colum McCann: As I talked to Pope Leo, I recognised a quality that can counter the cynicism of our fractured world
The conversation centred on mercy and compassion, as clearly seen in Diane’s forgiveness of her son’s killer, documented in her book American Mother, which I…
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Trump cracks down on nations that unlawfully detain Americans
The initiative has received support from activists such as Diane Foley, the mother of journalist James Foley, who was captured in Syria and killed by…
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Grief and the Courage to Forgive
Diane 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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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…