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Mary E. Haddad

Mary E. Haddad, interim priest at the American Cathedral of Paris, sees silence as form of worship.

How silence links an American priest’s response to Sept. 11 and Charlie Hebdo

Conflict

“We can talk about the difference between Islam in New York City and Islam in Paris, but on the human level? Fear. Fear and anxiety lurk within in.” That’s the tie that binds the Sept. 11 and Charlie Hebdo attacks, both of which Mary Hadded witnessed in person.

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