Category: Legacy and reflection
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Among the twelve apostles who walked with Jesus, one stands apart in the annals of Christian tradition, not for performing the greatest miracles or leading the largest missionary journeys, but for the depth of his relationship with Christ and the sublime theology he would later write. St. John the Evangelist, born around 6 AD, was…
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On 27th December each year, Poland celebrates one of its newest national holidays, the National Day of the Victorious Greater Poland Uprising. Yet this commemoration honours one of the oldest wounds in Polish history: the systematic erasure of Polish identity under Prussian and German rule, and the dramatic 1918-1919 armed rebellion that finally ended 125…