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Unpacking the “Italy good, America bad” meme on the coronavirus
- Aug 9, 2020
For most of my adult life, Italy has been a global exemplar of how not to run a country, struggling to provide even basic public services such as garbage collection or fixing potholes. Now all of a sudden, Italy has become a case study in efficiency and leadership.
Say what you will about the Vatican, there’s no denying its sense of drama
- Jun 22, 2020
If we’re going to moan about the Vatican – and, in many ways, isn’t that the favorite indoor sport of Catholics everywhere? – we also need to acknowledge its strengths, and high on that list has to be its remarkable sense of drama.
On an Easter under quarantine, Pope calls resurrection a ‘contagion of hope’
- Apr 12, 2020
On Easter Sunday Pope Francis prayed for all those suffering due to either global conflict or the coronavirus, saying Christ’s resurrection brings both light and hope to the darkness of an oppressed and suffering world.
From Syria to Venezuela, Pope urges peace and softening ‘stony hearts’
- Dec 25, 2019
As he does every year, Pope Francis issued a special blessing on Christmas, offering prayers of peace for migrants and all countries facing violent conflict and asking Christians to do their part in showing God’s love in their daily actions.
On Easter Sunday, Pope Francis condemns ‘cruel violence’ in Sri Lanka
- Apr 21, 2019
Pope Francis on Easter Sunday offered prayers for the hundreds killed and injured in a series of bombings in Sri Lanka earlier that morning, calling the attacks an act of “cruel violence.”
In Christmas 2018 message, Francis models good classroom practice
- Dec 25, 2018
If we reframe the pope’s Christmas ‘Urbi et Orbi’ address not as a policy speech but a pedagogical exercise, then the lack of originality makes sense.
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