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Last Wednesday, during United Nations Week, I had the honor of hosting the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos. President Santos had asked to come visit, to seek our prayers and solidarity for and with his brave people, who would this Sunday vote to ratify the long-awaited peace treaty between the government and FARC, the rebel group which has engaged in attacks for nearly four decades.

Our schools are up-and-running now for three weeks, Alleluia! In all honesty, I am occasionally tempted to wonder if our schools are worth all the blood, sweat, and tears. Then I visit one of them, as I did last week, for the opening Mass of the Holy Spirit at St. Joseph-by-the Sea High School on Staten Island.