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Brian Paulson, S.J., is the president of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States.

Pope Francis shares a hug with Jerome, one of two altar servers with Down syndrome at the Mass at the close of World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, on Aug. 6, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
FaithFaith in Focus
Brian Paulson
A sign of the presence of the Kingdom of God is when the vulnerable among us are well taken care of. That includes the unborn in their mothers’ wombs.
From left to right, family members Bernadette Semple (in the background), Toni Ann Semple and Denise Semple pray during Mass Sept. 3, 2023, at St. Peter Claver Church in St. Inigoes, Md. The Mass closed the Southern Maryland GU272 – Jesuit Enslaved Descendant Gathering Aug. 31-Sept. 3. (OSV News photo/ Mihoko Owada, Catholic Standard)
FaithShort Take
Brian Paulson
Six years ago, for the first time, I sat face-to-face with the descendants of the 272 people my own religious order, the Jesuits, enslaved and sold 185 years ago.