Even agnostics can find an oasis at Maryland religious shrine

Even agnostics can find an oasis at Maryland religious shrine

Watching the ceremonies in Rome for the funeral of Pope Francis got me contemplating religion and God, even if I’m a committed agnostic. Perhaps that’s what motivated me to travel with my wife to a shrine for the Virgin Mary in Emmitsburg, Maryland. I can hear my agnostic friends saying, “Who do you think you are? Aren’t you betraying us agnostics” who doubt a higher power exists? With all due respect, I disagree with my fellow disbelievers on t…