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South Africa's first martyr, Benedict Daswa
FaithDispatches
Russell Pollitt, S.J.
Benedict Daswa was brutally murdered for refusing to participate in witchcraft just nine days before the release of Nelson Mandela on Feb. 2, 1990.
FaithIn All Things
Thomas Rosica, C.S.B.

Editors Note, Feb. 25, 2019: America has become aware that this article included extensive unattributed material from other sources. Accordingly, we have removed the text. For more material on this topic, read the original report from Catholic News Service, "Pope Francis For Year of Mercy, Pope Francis extends possibilities for absolution.”

FaithFaith in Focus
William Van OrnumWilliam Eugene Van Ornum Jr.
During my pilgrimage I wanted to learn and discover more about God.
Pope Paul VI, Giovanni Battista Montini, Born September 26, 1897, Died August 6, 1978
FaithIn All Things
Joseph McAuley
For 80 years, the pope who was born Giovanni Battista Montini, simply trusted in God and placed his hope in Him and because of that, he hoped “for good things,” like “lasting joy and mercy.” 
FaithPoetry
Jim McDermott
Like Pope Francis, Oliver’s poetry invites readers to let the distractions of our modern, constant motion, hyper-stimulated world fall away from time to time, to enter into that quiet place of contemplation and gratitude that waits in the world all around us.
FaithIn All Things
James Martin, S.J.
Group erects statue of “Baphomet,” a goat-headed god, in Detroit.