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Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
The campaign is demanding better pay, beginning with a hike of the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. It is currently a paltry $7.25 and has not budged in seven years.
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Matt Malone, S.J.
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FaithIn All Things
Elizabeth Kirkland Cahill
None of us truly understands what it means that “the Son of Man will come.”
FaithThe Good Word
Elizabeth Kirkland Cahill
The more we turn the camera on ourselves, the less likely we are to direct our attention to God.
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FaithThe Word
Michael Simone, S.J.
Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another? (Mt 11:3)
Peter-Hans Kolvenbach,S.J., left, with Paolo Dezza, S.J., at GC 33 in 1983.
FaithIn All Things
Daniel Cosacchi
In his years as Superior General, and in the years following his 2008 resignation, Father Kolvenbach was known for his simplicity and moderation.
Peter-Hans Kolvenbach,S.J., right, pictured at GC 25 in 2008.
FaithIn All Things
James Martin, S.J.
Father Kolvenbach restored a sense of equilibrium between the Society of Jesus and the Vatican.
The late former Cuban President Fidel Castro talks with Pope Francis as Castro's wife, Dalia Soto del Valle, looks on in Havana in September 2015. (CNS photo/Alex Castro, AIN handout via Reuters)
Dispatches
Kevin Clarke
"At the same time, I offer prayers to the Lord for his rest and I entrust the whole Cuban people to the maternal intercession of our Lady of the Charity of El Cobre."
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Associated Press
Within half an hour of the Cuban government's announcement Saturday of the death of the 90-year-old revolutionary leader, cheers were heard in Miami's Little Havana.
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Michael Weissenstein - Associated PressPeter Orsi - Associated Press
Castro's reign over the island-nation 90 miles from Florida was marked by the U.S.-backed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
FaithLa Palabra
Juan Luis Calderón
De poco sirve recordar la encarnación de Cristo si no nos impulsa a preparar su venida gloriosa. Usamos la Navidad para grandes fiestas. Ahora, ¿hasta qué punto nos inspiran éstas a transformar el mundo y preparar los caminos del Señor?
FaithDispatches
Gerard O’Connell
The Holy See would like its relationship with Vietnam developed further through full diplomatic relations.
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As intersectinginternational interests collide, what is unfolding in Syria is a veritable "workshop of cruelty," Pope Francis told governing members of Caritas Internationalis on Nov. 17. • An outspoken priest in Veracruz, Mexico, who had been reported missing on Nov. 11, the Rev. José Luis Sánchez Ruiz was found aliveby Mexican police two days later, but with injuries consistent with torture. • The Supreme Court of the State of New York ruled on Nov. 17 in favor of the family of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, allowing the transfer of the remains of the candidate for sainthood from  St.

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David Stewart
What is to be done? The world is full of anger.
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Catholic News Service
The dignity of human life, the common good and solidarity are "more than mere words and phrases," said the Catholic bishops of Washington state in a joint pastoral letter
Demonstrators in Washington protest nuclear weapons April 1. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)
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Dennis Sadowski - Catholic News Service
The United Nations is preparing to embark on talks to ban nuclear weapons.Negotiations are set to begin in March and are expected to take an indefinite time to complete.The end result is uncertain, but the 123 nations that voted on Oct. 27 for a resolution within the U.N. General Assembly committee
Pope Francis arrives to lead his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Nov. 23. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
Doubts can be "a sign that we want to know God better and more deeply."
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Catholic News Service
In 14 points, the bishops ask forgiveness for the role that some members of the Catholic Church played during the genocide, especially for the pastors that "sowed seeds of hate."