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FaithShort Take
John J. Strynkowski
Hint: He’s not another Francis.
A doctor gives medical attention to an indigenous man in early June at Hospital Nilton Lins in Manaus, Brazil, which is exclusively for indigenous people being treated for COVID-19. Brazilian Bishop Vital Corbellini of Maraba expressed his gratitude to Pope Francis after receiving a much-needed respirator and temperature gauge at another hospital treating indigenous coronavirus patients. (CNS photo/Bruno Kelly, Reuters)
FaithNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
The diocese said the respirator, delivered to the Campanha de Maraba Hospital July 12 by the apostolic nunciature in Brazil, was one of four sent by the pope to Brazil, which has the second-highest number of coronavirus cases in the world.
A young woman is pictured in a file photo near her hostel in Yangon, Myanmar. (CNS photo/Myat Thu Kyaw, Reuters)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The appeal was signed by the more than 40 of the foremost religious figures of this majority-Buddhist state, including Cardinal Charles Maung Bo.
FaithFaith in Focus
Brendan Gottschall, S.J.
With some guidance from St. Ignatius of Loyola.
People visit Hagia Sophia in Istanbul June 30, 2020. (CNS photo/Murad Sezer, Reuters)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis' brief words at the Sunday Angelus are the Vatican's first public response to the Turkish president's move to turn Hagia Sophia back into a mosque.
FaithFaith in Focus
André M. Peñalver
From Meatless Mondays to Black Lives Matter, old Christian truths take hold in a world that seems to have left religion behind.