The answer was that in Burundi, having a clean bill of health has taken on a very particular meaning: unless and until you have paid for your hospital treatment, you simply can't leave, you are in effect a captive.

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So every creative act strives to attain an absolute status; it longs to create a...

So every creative act strives to attain an absolute status; it longs to create a...

Bad human communication leaves us less room to grow.

Bad human communication leaves us less room to grow.

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or...

Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or...

As the gospels present it to us, the mission of Jesus of Nazareth is about...

As the gospels present it to us, the mission of Jesus of Nazareth is about...

In loving his own productive, generative, generous love, God loves all those ways in which...

In loving his own productive, generative, generous love, God loves all those ways in which...

Well, today, the diocese is more than ever a microcosm.

Well, today, the diocese is more than ever a microcosm.

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The Church exists to connect people at the level of their hunger for a new...

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One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of...

In sharp contrast to the idea that this stage of life is enviable, we hear...

In sharp contrast to the idea that this stage of life is enviable, we hear...

The Church is the new creation, it is life and joy, it is the sacramental...

The Church is the new creation, it is life and joy, it is the sacramental...

Marriage has a unique place because it speaks of an absolute faithfulness, a covenant between...

Marriage has a unique place because it speaks of an absolute faithfulness, a covenant between...

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To help the poor to a capacity for action and liberty is something essential for...

And when the world is created, it is created in such a way that those...

And when the world is created, it is created in such a way that those...

St Paul, in his second letter to Corinth, spells this out further in the important...

St Paul, in his second letter to Corinth, spells this out further in the important...

It is impossible to deny that Christians and Muslims have a common agenda here: both...

It is impossible to deny that Christians and Muslims have a common agenda here: both...

To conclude: good journalism is one of the models of good conversation and communication in...

To conclude: good journalism is one of the models of good conversation and communication in...

Incidentally, one of the most worrying problems in the impact of Western modernity on traditional...

Incidentally, one of the most worrying problems in the impact of Western modernity on traditional...

The twentieth century may tell us that we have nothing to be complacent about in...

The twentieth century may tell us that we have nothing to be complacent about in...

In the context of interfaith encounter, we need to bring to the surface how our...

In the context of interfaith encounter, we need to bring to the surface how our...

Economists are coming to acknowledge that measures of national wealth and poverty in terms strictly...

Economists are coming to acknowledge that measures of national wealth and poverty in terms strictly...