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Fr Frank Brennan SJ says “The law needs to run its course.” Paul Kelly of The Australian writes: “There have been two trials of Cardinal George Pell — in the court of justice to decide if he was guilty of sexual abuse of children, and in the court of public opinion over nearly two decades”.

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The Jesuit program’s emphasis on nutrition, health and education components is a trifecta of basic social needs that its sponsors say are essential for the nation’s future development.  Exacerbating health problems for the Timorese is the chronic under-availability of medicine.

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The new Universal Apostolic Preferences of the Society of Jesus to guide and inspire the Mission of the Jesuits in the next 10 years have been announced by Arturo Sosa, S.J., the superior general of the Society of Jesus! Fr Sosa said that Pope Francis, spent some time praying on the text and then handed it back to him. “In this way,” he said, “the preferences are not just our ideas; they are a mission given by the church through the pope to the Society.”

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