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Politics & SocietySigns Of the Times
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Iraqi Christians gathered on Oct. 25 at the Church of our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ainkawa, Turkey, to offer prayers of support for Iraqi forces pressing an offensive against the Islamic State around Mosul. • President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela met privately with Pope Francis an Oct. 24 as the Vatican began a mediation effort to end the political and economic crisis in Venezuela. • Rapid growth in the number of men entering St. John’s Seminary prompted the Archdiocese of Boston to buy back space from Boston College on Oct. 20.

Politics & SocietySigns Of the Times
Continue Cease-Fire
From AP, CNS, RNS, Staff and other sources
Colombia’s Catholic bishops urged the government and armed rebels to commit to an indefinite cease-fire while a new peace deal is negotiated after voters rejected an agreement that would have formally ended the Western Hemisphere’s longest-running war. Following a meeting on Oct. 13-14,
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is greeted by Archbishop Georg Ganswein, prefect of the papal household, prior to an Oct. 24 private meeting between Maduro and Pope Francis at the Vatican (CNS photo/Miraflores Palace handout via EPA).
FaithDispatches
Breaking: Pope Francis meets with Venezuela’s President Marduro
Gerard O’Connell
The pope is seeking to get the government and opposition to negotiate a peaceful solution to the present crisis.
Arturo Sosa, S.J., the new superior general of the Society of Jesus, speaks at his first press conference. He is the first Latin American to lead the Jesuits. (Jeremy Zipple, S.J.)
FaithDispatches
The Jesuits’ new leader has a top priority for them: “to work for reconciliation in the world.”
Gerard O’Connell
In his first press conference as superior general, Arturo Sosa, S.J., outlined his vision for the Society of Jesus.
Lorena (not her real name) has lived at Casa Alianza for three year. A photo of her face cannot be published for security reasons.
Politics & SocietyIn All Things
Creating a safe space for Honduran teens
Ashley McKinless
Lorena was 12 years old when her mother went to Spain in search of work. A week later, she began taking cocaine.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Marxist rebel leader Rodrigo Londono Echeverri of FARC, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, shake hands Sept. 26 in Bogota. (CNS photo/John Vizcaino, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyCurrent Comment
What the U.S. can do for peace in Colombia
The Editors
The shock defeat was officially by less than a single percentage point.
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