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Carney and the Pope each have the power to help change the world

The Pope and Carney have a common mission: they are fresh faces commanding new attention, and they must use the microphones they have been handed to beat back the drums of war and lift up the hopes of humanity.

If Pope Leo, left, uses his moral voice to speak against war and the unbearable suffering of the people of Gaza and Ukraine, a new sense of hope will be felt everywhere. If Mark Carney can quell Donald Trump by fostering strong co-operation with a range of other countries, Canada could be a significant player in global politics. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia, and The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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