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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
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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
-
John M. Grondelski
-
Robert Royal
-
Brad Miner
-
Eduardo J. Echeverria
NEWS
COMMENTARY
Honoring Our Lady of Lourdes
Abp. Salvatore Cordileone, NCRegister
Thursday, February 9, 2023
As anyone who has been there knows, the most common sight at the shrine in Lourdes, France is not churches, not water, not rosaries: it is the smile. That is the mystery in the midst of so much suffering, everyone in Lourdes is smiling, because it’s a place of love that puts us in touch with reality, the deepest reality: God is here and he loves us.