Mary Jo McConahay is one of the most prominent Catholic journalists in America. In the 1980s she was a war correspondent covering the Central American insurgencies. She is the author of three books, including The Tango War: The Struggle for the Hearts, Minds and Riches of Latin America During World War II, and Maya Roads: One Woman’s Journey Among the People of the Rainforest, and Playing God, American Catholic Bishops and the Far Right.