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Published Pieces
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Medical Providers: Missionaries of Redemptive Suffering
Medical providers are given great influence over those whom they serve. Their patients often cling to the words they say, particularly when anxious about a diagnosis or treatment plan.
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Life More than Legacy
Legacies on earth are powerful and important. Yet what is more important are the realities that last beyond the memories of this lifetime.
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The Return of Stonehenge
Many people are actively seeking a connection with something greater than themselves. What a gift it would be for them to encounter the promise of eternal life given by Christ.
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Generating My Avatar
While advancements in technology can provide great benefits, it is helpful to question what is authentically human in these new developments and what helps us build healthy relationships among people.
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The Scourge of Human Trafficking
Slavery and human trafficking are daily realities for millions of people across the world, a fact that calls on Christians to continually affirm the dignity of the human person in word, prayer, and action.
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Giacomo Leopardi’s Alla Sua Donna
While not a Christian himself, Giacomo Leopardi's poem "Alla Sua Donna" points to the desire of every human heart: communion with the Incarnate Lord.
![The Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows in Šaštín, Slovakia](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2021-09/basilica-seven-sorrows-1500x1000.jpg?itok=hjO95hSn)
The Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows in Šaštín, Slovakia
It has been said that God writes straight with crooked lines. The origins of the Basilica of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows might provide an example of that kind of oblique writing.
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An Anniversary Year for Evangelization
Forty years ago, St. John Paul II made the first reference to the "New Evangelization" while speaking to Latin American bishops in Haiti.
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Cologne Cathedral
Home to the relics of the Magi, the Cologne Cathedral - whose construction lasted for 632 years - has drawn pilgrims since its cornerstone was placed in 1248.
![Perov Vasily's "First Christians in Kiev"](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2020-10/perov-vasily-first-christians-in-kiev-1200x800-umary-owned%20%282%29%20%281%29.jpg?itok=d42g7e5n)
Perov's "The First Christians in Kiev"
Perov's depiction of Christians worshipping under the cover of night reminds us of the generations of Christians who have embraced the conquering spirit of the Gospel through times of uncertainty.