Summary 1: the new Pope

Summary 1: the new Pope

The Cardinals of the Catholic Church seem to have decided for the new Pope, this time, is Latin-American time. For the first time in the new catholic era, there would be a Latin-American Pope in the history of the Vatican. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio (now Pope Francis) at the head of the Vatican means that the cardinals are open for changes, and decided to so some of their own. Rare among other Popes, Bergoglio has no time serving in the office of the Vatican, as the others Popes. This Pope is known for he’s kindness and politeness.

A side the fact that the majority of the cardinals are from United States and Europe, the majority of catholic followers reside in the countries of Latin America, Africa and Asia.

In many ways the new Pope seems to be a radical innovation, a step forward regarding evolution. Different from the others cardinals who got voted, Bergoglio has other points of view, others beliefs. He is knows for working with the poors, having other points of view regarding important subjects in the Catholic Church. As much as many American Catholics hope that a new papacy will reopen taboo subjects—such as the ordainment of women, married priests, divorce, contraception, and homosexuality—this is highly unrealistic.

Summary 2: After two years, what the Syrian war looks like

At the beginning of the year 2011, a group of boys scribbled graffiti talking bad about Basher al-Assad, the president of Syria, which it textually said “The people want the fall of the regime”. The police answer was to torture the boys. Fifteen days after, a small group of people from different cities march to ask for the freedom of these boys.

Two years after this, Syria is at war. The description of how it looks Syria these days would be close to the comparison of which is described by the author of the note “It looks like shells that crash and thud and thump into residential streets, sometimes with little warning. It looks like messy footprints in a pool of blood on a hospital floor as armed local men, many in mismatched military attire and civilian clothing, rush in their wounded colleagues, or their neighbors”

The Syrian war looks, too, like dusty shoes spilling out of a cardboard box by the open door of a deserted, partially destroyed home in a town that, like many, is devoid of civilians. The box is near a child’s black-ink drawing on the wall, of a helicopter. There are a little girl’s white sneakers with blue butterflies near a woman’s black wedge-heeled slipper, a man’s lace-up dress shoes, and a toddler’s orange patent-leather sandals. Things are in their place; their owners are gone. It also looks like things that are out of place, like a kitchen sink in somebody’s grassy, rubble-carpeted garden. The Syrian war looks like the millions of people who have become refugees or are internally displaced. It looks like others who say they’d rather die in their homes than live off of handouts in a tent.

What does the Syrian war look like? It looks like significant number of people who,

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