Implications of violence in Syria, remembering David Polson, and why the pope's message resonates in the South

What are the implications of recent clashes with loyalists to the Assad regime?

The Sisters of Charity ran Ward 17 at St Vincent's Hospital, where they nursed hundreds of HIV AIDS patients. Sister Nolan remembers David Polson and the prejudice he and other patients encountered.

And why  does the pope's message about poverty and climate change resound loudly in the global south?