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Dr. Ralph Martin
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Ralph is the president of Renewal Ministries (www.renewalministries.net), an organization devoted to Catholic renewal and evangelization. Renewal Ministries is the sponsor of “The Choices We Face” a widely viewed weekly Catholic television and radio program distributed throughout the world and engages in a wide variety of mission work in more than 30 countries.
He holds a doctorate in theology from the Angelicum University in Rome.
Pope Benedict XVI appointed Ralph as a Consultor to the Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization where he served a 12-year term. He was also appointed as a theological expert for the Synod on the New Evangelization.
He is the author of the widely read The Fulfillment of All Desire: A Guidebook for the Journey to God Based on the Wisdom of the Saints, and many books on spirituality and evangelization as well as many articles in scholarly and popular publications.. His latest books are A Church in Crisis: Pathways Forward, and A Life in the Spirit: A Memoir.
He and his wife Anne reside in Ann Arbor, Michigan and are parents of six and grandparents of nineteen.