Deacon Greg Kandra

Greg Kandra

Deacon Greg Kandra is the creator of the blog "The Deacon's Bench," which has garnered more than 20 million readers from around the world since its inception in 2007. Before retiring after 11 years as senior writer for the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, he spent three decades in broadcast journalism as a writer and producer, receiving two Emmys, two Peabody Awards, four awards from the Writer's Guild of America, and three from the Catholic Press Association.

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The journey of the Magi, detail of a painting on a 13th-century Catalonian altar (Wikimedia Commons/Enfo)

Where is the newborn king of the Jews?

The Magi come into history asking a simple question: "Where is the newborn king of the Jews?" It is a question that seekers are asking even today. Where is Christ? In a world so often shrouded in despair, where is hope?

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