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The 30th Superior General of the Society of Jesus, Fr. Adolfo Nicolás, died in Tokyo, Japan on May 20th at the age of 84. On "Behind the Story," Fr. James Grummer, superior of the Pontifical Gregorian University Jesuit Community and former regional assistant to Fr. Nicolás, joins Executive Editor Sebastian Gomes for a conversation on Fr. Nicolás' legacy.

Jesuit Father Arturo Sosa, right, greets the previous superior general, Jesuit Father Adolfo Nicolas, after his election in Rome Oct. 14, 2016. (CNS photo/Don Doll, S.J.)
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Gerard O’Connell
Father Nicolás “was not the kind of leader who says, ‘I am the one who knows everything.’ He really trusted in people, and he listened.”
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Rhina Guidos - Catholic News Service
The needs of Native Americans during the pandemic are of special concern and humanitarian agencies such as Doctors Without Borders are alerting everyone to that fact.
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Catholic News Service
The most powerful cyclone to hit eastern India and Bangladesh in more than 20 years tore down homes, carried cars down flooded streets and inundated farmland.
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Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
A study by the State University of Milan, Italy, has reported that the fear and uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic has led to an increase in religiosity and devotional practice within the country.
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Catholic News Service
Pro-Life organizations are taking exception to the fact that Planned Parenthood affiliates have been recipients of funds under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.
“Blood Quantum” was written and directed by Jeff Barnaby (photo: IMDB).
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Eve Tushnet
In “Blood Quantum,” the past isn’t dead—it’s coming to get you.
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Angelo Jesus Canta
Lay-led liturgies cannot be an adequate substitute for the Mass. Nothing can. But they can help move through these anxiety-ridden times.
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Trump said if governors don’t abide by his request, he will “override” them, though it’s unclear what authority he has to do so.
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What the “nones” actually believe and worship
Pope Francis meets with national directors of the pontifical missionary societies, which include the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, the Missionary Childhood Association, the Society of St. Peter Apostle and the Missionary Union of Priests and Religious at the Vatican June 1. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The church’s mission “is the work of the Holy Spirit and not the consequence of our ideas and projects,” the pope said.
Signs made by Cook County Jail prisoners in Chicago plead for help April 7, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Jim Vondruska, Reuters)
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Kevin Clarke
Another near-invisible community similarly faces a serious and disproportionate threat from Covid-19; the people who live and work behind bars in the United States.
Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis prays in front of the Blessed Sacrament at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul on March 27. (CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit)
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Michael J. O’Loughlin
Catholic dioceses throughout the United States are making decisions on their own, resulting in a hodgepodge of procedures and protocols.
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Pablo Kay - Catholic News Service
The U.S. Department of Justice claims that the state of California's coronavirus opening plan is hampering the rights of people to resume religious services.
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Bronwen Dachs - Catholic News Service
Efforts to combat the pandemic in India and Bangladesh have been further complicated because of cyclones which have hit those countries.
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Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
Catholic advocates against the death penalty have assailed the state of Missouri for proceeding with the first execution to occur during the pandemic, despite the efforts to stop it.
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Catholic News Service
Dr. Francis S. Collins, who led the Human Genome Project--and who is a member of the Vatican's Pontifical Academy of Sciences--has been selected as the recipient of the 2020 Templeton Prize.
Migrant workers crowd outside a bus station in Ghaziabad, India, March 28, 2020, as they wait to board buses to return to their villages during a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spread of COVID-19. (CNS photo/Anushree Fadnavis, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
On March 25, hoping to suppress the spread of the coronavirus, India began the world’s largest lockdown, affecting 1.3 billion people. But the sudden move to close down all but essential services threw millions out of work and began a desperate exodus of migrant and day laborers out of the big cities.
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Bill McCormick, S.J.
The Kingdom of God does not rest on the actions of one person.