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Rogelio Quintero’s faith changed after one simple question from a stranger two years ago: “Why are you so distant with God?”
At the time, Quintero, a Catholic medical student from Guadalajara, Mexico, was serving as a volunteer paramedic in Jerusalem with Magen David Adom (“Red Star of David”), Israel’s medical emergency services system.
One day, after finishing a 12-hour shift, he visited the Church of the Holy Sepulcher — the church built at the site of Christ’s crucifixion and burial — in the Old City of Jerusalem. He watched for hours as pilgrims came and went. One person in particular stood out to him: a barefoot man with long white hair and a beard clothed in a white tunic. This man carried a walking stick and a rosary. He was strange, Quintero said, but not in a bad way. Somehow, he knew this man was special.
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At the time, Quintero, a Catholic medical student from Guadalajara, Mexico, was serving as a volunteer paramedic in Jerusalem with Magen David Adom (“Red Star of David”), Israel’s medical emergency services system.
One day, after finishing a 12-hour shift, he visited the Church of the Holy Sepulcher — the church built at the site of Christ’s crucifixion and burial — in the Old City of Jerusalem. He watched for hours as pilgrims came and went. One person in particular stood out to him: a barefoot man with long white hair and a beard clothed in a white tunic. This man carried a walking stick and a rosary. He was strange, Quintero said, but not in a bad way. Somehow, he knew this man was special.
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A doctor's faith thrives after an extraordinary encounter in Jerusalem
A chance encounter in Jerusalem transformed Dr. Rogelio Quintero’s faith, inspiring him to volunteer with Israel’s Magen David Adom.