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Sacred Spaces
St. Peter’s Church (Peterskirche) Vienna, Austria
True Beauty
O Vos Omnes (Newman University Church, Dublin, Ireland)
RECENT COLUMNS
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Francis X. Maier
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John M. Grondelski
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Robert Royal
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Brad Miner
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Eduardo J. Echeverria
NEWS
COMMENTARY
AOC and St. Damien of Molokai
Catholic Herald
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s critique of Fr Damien’s statue received significant backlash from Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Fr Damien was much loved in his adopted home of Hawaii and became known as a “martyr of charity” after dying from leprosy he contracted during his 11-year service to the Molokai leper colony.