Meet Mireille Twayigira: Rwandan Refugee, Doctor, Education Advocate. Ep. 95

When Mireille Twayigira was two, she fled Rwanda with her family
after her father was killed in the country’s genocide. At the age
of eight, she entered a Jesuit Refugee Service school in Malawi.
After she graduated from secondary school as one of the best
students in the country, she traveled to China, where she learned
Chinese and, in 2016, graduated as a doctor.   We talk to
Mireille about the role of education in her life, how her faith has
kept her strong and what it means to be a symbol of hope in your
20s.   In Signs of the Times, during the 2016 presidential
campaign, Michael Cohen threatened to sue Fordham University if
they released Donald Trump’s grades or SAT scores. Pope Francis
will open the secret archives of Pope Pius XII. Why is this
significant? The Leadership Roundtable, a church reform group, has
released a 40-page report that lists recommendations for dealing
with the sexual abuse crisis. We discuss some of the takeaways.
  And finally, we tell you what we’re giving up for Lent.
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show: Fordham confirms Cohen threatened legal action if Trump’s
grades became public Pope Francis will open the secret archives on
Pope Pius XII Archdiocese to organize parish network of mental
health resources Catholic leadership group offers plan to fight
abuse and cover-up Pope Francis: Give up gossiping for Lent  
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