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The more we turn the camera on ourselves, the less likely we are to direct our attention to God.
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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.
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.
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)
"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."
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.
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.
The Holy See would like its relationship with Vietnam developed further through full diplomatic relations.
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