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Michael J. O’Loughlin is national correspondent at America and author of Hidden Mercy: AIDS, Catholics, and the Untold Stories of Compassion in the Face of Fear.
Politics & SocietySigns Of the Times
Chicago experienced a level of gun violence unseen in nearly two decades in 2016.
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Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles called the video “a beautiful message...and I think that is what we need right now, more hope for the future."
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Working for a just wage remains a human and moral imperative, Cardinal Seán O'Malley said.
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Cardinal Tobin said that Christians must be marked by their willingness to show “kindness to all: to the searching young and the forgotten elderly, to the stranger and the voiceless, to the powerful and the cynical.”
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“Let us remind ourselves of those moments when our loved ones were forced to seek the mercy of others in a new land.”
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Each of the participants carried wooden crosses bearing the names of victims.
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Cardinal Dolan said he looks forward "to asking Almighty God to inspire and guide our new President and to continue to bless our great Nation.”
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Besides politics, readers were interested in stories about liturgy, racism, interfaith issues and gender.
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Though he turned 80 a couple of weeks ago, Pope Francis did not slow down in 2016.
FaithSigns Of the Times
As the head of the Archdiocese of Brisbane on the east coast of Australia, the archbishop was a delegate to the meeting of the Synod of Bishops in Rome in 2015.