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Looking for answers to the world’s biggest challenges in the Eternal City

Pope Francis leads the closing mass of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy in Vatican City on Nov. 20

IT’S NO SECRET THAT GLOBAL institutions of all kinds—large and small, public and private—are under pressure. While the elites of most countries still believe in unfettered globalization and market capitalism, they are increasingly isolated in that faith. Surveys show that while global elites trust each other more than ever before, trust in elites among the rest of the population is at an all-time low.

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