John Burger

John Burger has been a writer for Aleteia's English edition since 2013. His 30-year career in the Catholic press includes work at the National Catholic Register and Catholic New York, as well as freelance writing for many periodicals and websites. In February 2023, Our Sunday Visitor will publish "At the Foot of the Cross: Lessons from Ukraine," a book-length interview with the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk. He has a bachelor's degree in English from Iona College in New Rochelle, N.Y., and a master's degree from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Prior to his career as a Catholic journalist, he taught English in China and France.