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The Rev. Gary Graf set out walking Oct. 6, from Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home in Dolton. On Dec. 2, he expects to mark his successful arrival at the Statue of Liberty in New York City.

In between has been nearly two months of often lonesome walking through rural America in the name of justice for immigrant children.

“Here, they’ve grown up in a very different world,” Graf said. “It’s not a time to attack one another, but a time to kind of have a conversation with one another, and that’s what the walk for me has been all about, having those kinds of conversations.”

As a Chicago area native, Graf said traveling on foot through small town America made him confront how different the world is for people who live much smaller and less diverse co

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