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Editor’s note: The contractor running the refugee camp at Lackland Air Force Base is “BCFS,” not “Baptist Family and Children’s Services” — as noted in a previous version of this story. A government-contracted security force threatened to arrest doctors and nurses if they divulged any information about the contagion threat …

Pope Francis has spent a year on the Throne of Peter. In that time, his modest style and high-minded ideals have ignited a new optimism and fervor among Roman Catholics, including those who left because of disagreements with some of its teachings. Francis has gone out of his way to …

A few days ago I had lunch with a buddy at a local restaurant. The food was fine, sure, but this is a friend who makes the menu irrelevant. He’s the kind of guy who makes you laugh so hard you’re snorting Sprite and spitting chip shards before the entrees …