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Nigerian Christian and Muslim communities unite to combat COVID-19: Words from Fr. Peter Ani, a diocesan priest based in Southeast Nigeria: "In times of crisis, we need to put everything that divides us aside and come together to achieve a common goal, and I am happy that is what is presently happening." Patrick Egwu reports.
Women accused of witchcraft in Ghana find refuge in outpost run by sisters: Witchcraft accusations have destroyed the lives of thousands of women in northern Ghana; many are forced to flee for their lives with their children. The Missionary Sisters of the Poorest of the Poor have rescued hundreds and provided them with shelter and compassion in a "witch camp" in Gushegu.
A Capuchin Franciscan in Dublin posted a poem to Facebook. Anderson Cooper read part of it on the air. The poem went viral. With permission, NCR posts it on our site today. From Br. Richard Hendrick: 'Open the windows of your soul.'
A tale of two Pope Francises: Pope Francis had columnist Jamie Manson's head spinning this Holy Week: "How could so much heart and so much heartlessness emerge from one man inside of one week?"
Links for 4/14/20: "Stop what you are doing and read this." Michael Sean Winters directs readers to a Times piece by Michael Sandel about "the way the pandemic invites us to examine our societal assumptions about meritocracy."
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