The generosity and self-sacrifice of so many people are simply heroic: the mother who pours herself out in caring for a sick child; the father who slaves away at difficult work to put food on the table; the nurses and doctors who have put themselves last to care for Covid...

I’ll never forget the first time I saw Pope Saint Paul VI in person at the audience hall now named after him in Rome. I had arrived in Rome on 10 October 1975, a Friday, and went to the papal audience the following Wednesday, 15 October. The excitement was high,...

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