In my last blog, I told of my misadventures in Peru during my 1995 trip there for The Leaven documenting Catholic missionary activities with freelance photographer Doug Hesse.
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Denver man rides cross-country for persecuted Christians in Middle East
Skip Rodgers was driving to Mass on a peaceful Sunday, admiring Denver's snow-capped peaks glinting in the morning sun, when he realized it could all be different.
Coaches say St. Louis U grad, competing for Australia, centered on faith
Pro basketball player Kevin Lisch works hard at his game.
With more funding for dentistry, clinic expands care for those in need
Outside the doors of the Mercy Care clinic, within view of the towers of downtown Atlanta, patients wait, hoping to get a coveted walk-in slot in the dental clinic.
Catholics urged not to give in to hatred after French priest’s death
While Catholics mourn the senseless killing of a beloved French priest church leaders have emphasized that shock and grief over this attack cannot fuel hatred against Muslims or immigrants.
Iraqi, Syrian minorities discuss what they would need to return home
Security tops the list of what Christians of Iraq and Syria want before they'll consider returning to areas they fled when the Islamic State and other extremist groups took over.
Slain French priest was attack on ‘all of us,’ imam said
Father Jacques Hamel's gruesome murder in northern France July 26 — by men claiming allegiance to the Islamic State — prompted sorrow and outrage from Muslim leaders around the world.
Bishop visits West Virginia’s flood-ravaged areas, where recovery is ongoing
Bishop Michael J. Bransfield of Wheeling-Charleston toured the flood-ravaged town of Rainelle July 25 to see firsthand the damage caused by the severe June 23 floods.
Panama’s bishops see World Youth Day 2019 as bridge, ‘fiesta Latina’
Panama, which will host World Youth Day in 2019, is a small country, but the head of its bishops' conference has no doubts the church will be able to organize the event.
World record-holder swimmer still says ‘a prayer — or two — before any race’
Four years ago, at age 15, swimmer Katie Ledecky won Olympic gold in the women's 800-meter freestyle.