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‘Justice to the poor’ - The priest helping Americans get lawyers

“If you are too poor to afford a lawyer ... where is your justice?”

Jack Figge
Aug 20, 2025
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Father Pius Pietrzyk, OP, is used to turning heads when he walks onto Capitol Hill.

After all, it’s not every day that a habited Dominican priest walks through the halls of the U.S. Capitol.

Fr. Pius Pietrzyk moderating a panel of judges speaking about legal services in disaster recovery at an educational event in New Orleans in 2020. Courtesy photo.

But P…

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