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John Burger is an award-winning writer and news editor at Aleteia. He formerly worked at the National Catholic Register and Catholic New York in the Archdiocese of New York. He has also written for a wide variety of Catholic publications for over 25 years. He has a Master's degree from Iowa State University.

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