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March 15, 2013
Published by Brad Birzer at March 15, 2013
We’ve all been bombarded with information, notions, guesses, photos, hopes, and fears about the new pope over the last forty-eight hours. Indeed, 50 hours ago (at…
March 18, 2013
Published by Brad Birzer at March 18, 2013
My ancestry is quite fascinating, if I do write/say so myself! My father’s side (the Birzers) came from eastern Bavaria (from several small villages near the…