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Cameroon: The forgotten conflict

October 9, 2018 Allen Ottaro 1

There is a raging conflict in Cameroon that the world seems to have forgotten about. The Central African nation, also known as “Africa in miniature” due to its diversity, has seen long-running tensions, pitting the […]

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“Columbus Is Ours”

October 8, 2018 Jerry Salyer 9

In Quarto Abeunte Saeculo, Pope Leo XIII shows us why the voyage of Christopher Columbus stands in a class by itself. There is simply no way of comparing the Genoan’s landfall in the Americas with […]

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What youth really need today

October 3, 2018 Fr Nicholas Gregoris 6

The Synod on youth holds particular interest for me since I have spent a great portion of my priestly ministry teaching high school and college students, as well as seminarians. Pope Francis’ claim that youth […]