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How God overcame my aversion to the Communion of Saints

May 27, 2020 Ian Murphy 13

Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from “Dying to Live: From Agnostic to Baptist to Catholic”, a new book by Ian Murphy, published by Ignatius Press. The new ministry position at the Catholic Diocese […]

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