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The power of a higher hope
Amelia Newcomb
Senior editor
We all learn from the examples set by others, particularly when we see a courage and compassion that refuses to be quelled. Two stories today center on people with vastly different life experiences, but a common conviction in the power of good. Pope Francis challenged indifference by washing the feet of migrants, inspiring millions with his humility. And in his new memoir, Gidon Lev, a Holocaust survivor, writes, “To me, hard times are like hide-and-seek – where is the solution, where is the hope? We can never give up looking for these things because they are just waiting to be found.”
