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Creating ‘Silence’

December 19-26, 2016

Vol. 215 / No. 19

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Politics & Society Signs Of the Times
Kevin ClarkeDecember 06, 2016

New Yorkers can be forgiven if they believed homelessness were a problem consigned to the past.

Politics & Society Signs Of the Times

Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski of Miami was one of the first Catholic Church officials to respond on Nov. 26 after the death of Fidel Castro. “The death of this figure should lead us to invoke the patroness of Cuba, the Virgin of Charity, calling for peace for Cuba and its people,” he said

Politics & Society Signs Of the Times

Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S.J., who served from 1983 to 2008 as the 29th Superior General of the Society of Jesus, died in Beirut, Lebanon, on Nov. 26, just four days shy of his 88th birthday. • In a report released on Nov. 30, Caritas Europa charged that austerity policies have left 120 million p

Politics & Society Signs Of the Times

Presidents of 27 Jesuit colleges and universities pledged themselves to “protect to the fullest extent of the law undocumented students on our campuses” and to “promote retention of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program” in a statement released on Nov. 30. The pr

Pope Francis greets a child during his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Dec. 7. At his audience the pope began a new series of talks about hope. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Faith Vatican Dispatch
Gerard O’ConnellDecember 06, 2016

Pope Francis: "At times, I find myself in front of persons who are very rigid. And I ask myself: How come such rigidity?”