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A Doctor’s Devotion to Science and Spirit Serves as a Light to His Patients

Early in his medical career, Dr. Wes Ely worked as a phlebotomist at a nursing home where one of his

“In the greatest story ever told, he really just has a couple of walk-ons, and he doesn’t even have any

As her parents aged and developed medical problems, Noreen Madden McInnes felt called to care for them as much as

If you ever tweet smack about Joy Marie Clarkson, she may have the last laugh by turning your insult into

NEW YORK, April 26, 2022 — Themes of healing, justice, service, building bridges, and overcoming steep odds are reflected in

UPDATED: This episode of “Christopher Closeup” includes a tribute to Father Catoir beginning at 13:39. ———————————————————————- It is with sadness

During a medical mission trip to Honduras during the early 2000s, Sister Larraine Lauter was walking around a village with

In the late 1980s, when gang killings in Los Angeles were growing out of control, Father Greg Boyle took the

(The following is the text of the Christopher News Note “The Gift of Reconciliation,” written by a freelancer. If you

“The Lord was always…trying to get my attention, but for some reason, I just ignored Him.” So recalls author and