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During a previous spasm of unrest related to xenophobia, protesters are seen looting a shop at a gas station in 2016 in Pretoria, South Africa. (CNS photo/Herman Verwey, EPA)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Anthony Egan, S.J.
Are Nigerian, Zimbabwean, Pakistani and other immigrants “stealing” jobs from South Africans?
An injured man receives treatment inside a field hospital in Douma, Syria, after April 3 airstrikes(CNS photo/Mohammed Badra, EPA).
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Italian media report that a nerve gas was used in yesterday’s attack by the forces of the Assad regime against the rebels in this area.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters in Antalya, Turkey, on March 25, 2017. (Kayhan Ozer/Presidential Press Service, Pool Photo via AP)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Ryan Richardson
If the referendum is approved, Turkey’s parliamentary system would be scrapped in favor of an executive presidency.
 Cardinal Blase Cupich announces the creation of a new anti-violence initiative in Chicago on April 4. 
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
In a letter to Chicago’s young people, Pope Francis says to follow the example of Martin Luther King Jr.
Politics & SocietyNews
Rhina Guidos - Catholic News Service
Mulledy Hall at Georgetown will be renamed after Isaac Hawkins, the first enslaved person listed in the sale documents.
Protesters in San Salvador, El Salvador, demonstrate against mining exploitation March 9. El Salvador passed a law March 29 banning metal mining nationwide, making the small Central American country the first in the world to outlaw the industry.(CNS photo/Oscar Rivera, EPA)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Gene Palumbo
The ban’s proponents say mining practices posed a grave risk to the country’s already limited water supply.