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Ignatius Day

The Spanish captain grimaced in pain asking for his leg to be broken and stretched again igo L pez de Loyola age 30 had just returned home from a battle at Pamplona where an enemy shell had smashed into his legs After he fell the Spanish surrendered the city to its French besiegers The en

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ISIS: Into the Netherworld

Buried in the depths of a great fish caught in the darkness of the sea and perhaps never to see the light of day again the Prophet Jonah cried out ldquo Out of my distress I called to the Lord and He answered me From the midst of the netherworld I cried for help and You heard my voice rdquo

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Pope Francis and Argentinian Debt

Pope Francis is well known for his early resistance to Liberation Theology Less well known is his vocal critique of capitalism following the Argentinian debt crisis of 2002 This week thanks to the U S courts Argentina may undergo its second debt default in a decade While its impact on the debt

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