For the Martyrs in Aleteia

“I felt that God was calling me to something greater, so I called my grandmother and asked her if she had any trips coming up,” Chacon said in an interview. “What I really wanted was a little retreat to try to figure out what my next step was going to be. But it was in Egypt, traveling with my grandmother, that I experienced the face of the persecuted Church for the first time. I realized that there are Christians suffering for their faith, and that these were not just the older generation, but people my age were willing to risk everything for their faith, willing to risk their lives to go to church, to serve Christ and live their lives for the Gospel.”

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