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Francis in America

May 18, 2015

Vol. 212 / No. 17

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The Word
John W. MartensMay 06, 2015

The Greek word pneuma can be translated ldquo wind breath or spirit rdquo So when the sound at the door is ldquo like the rush of a violent wind rdquo you should answer and you had better be prepared to have your world turned upside down Or right-side up Because according to the Acts of th

Current Comment
The EditorsMay 06, 2015

The riots in Baltimore are a symptom of a national economic, racial and moral disease.

Of Other Things

An intimate glimpse into the lives of two parents whose son was killed on Sept. 11.

Signs Of the Times

Caritas aid missions are reporting that villages in remote areas of Nepal have been utterly devastated by the earthquake. Speaking from Pokhari Danda in Gorkha, about seven miles from the epicenter, Stefen Teplan of Caritas Germany said: “Sixty percent of the village is destroyed. More than fo

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses Vatican summit on climate change.
Signs Of the Times

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is banking on Pope Francis to be a unifying moral force to get the world onboard in the fight against global warming. He spoke at the Vatican on April 28 at an international gathering about the moral dimensions of climate change and sustainable development. “

Signs Of the Times
Tim PadgettMay 06, 2015

Since its launch in 1994 the Summit of the Americas had become best known for two very dismal features.

Signs Of the Times

Defining Blessed Junípero Serra as a “working-class missionary,” Archbishop José H. Gómez of Los Angeles said the 18th-century Franciscan deserves to be made a saint and to have his record as a defender of native peoples made known. Pope Francis’ announcement that he will canoni