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Wills Rooney is a 2016 graduate of Duke University, where he was a student director of the Duke Catholic Center and a member of the varsity cross-country and track teams. Wills authored a biweekly column, “Imago Dei” for Duke’s independent daily newspaper, The Chronicle, in which he addressed cultural and campus issues through a Catholic lens. Wills was awarded a George J. Mitchell Scholarship to study at Maynooth University, Ireland, where he will begin a graduate program in the Philosophy of Religion in September 2016.
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World Youth Day: A witness to the joy of the Church

August 31, 2016 Wills Rooney 0

“A pilgrimage is for transformation.” Those words, gleaned from a pilgrim manual I received from my college spiritual director, capture the essence of my journey to Krakow, Poland for World Youth Day. Nearly a month […]

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As noted here, Christians became the target of violence and vandalism in Egypt this last week, with dozens of churches being sacked and torched by Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi. Today the Associated […]

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