Switzerland prepares for a national day of mourning, as authorities say many of those killed were teenagers and students—and prosecutors investigate possible negligence.
Meanwhile, the Christian population has fallen from roughly 20% in 1915 to less than 0.3% today as a result of violence and state policies aimed at creating a homogenous Sunni Turkish-Muslim nation.
‘A preferential option for the poor’ is a pithy phrase that hides the complexity of the Church’s social teaching and also the considerations that lead to better outcomes.
The pope warned that the cries of the poor are often drowned out by the myth of progress, which overlooks countless people and leaves them to their fate.
