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In many respects, the task of modern theology has been to pretend to interrogate God in order to ignore Him. In the upper-middle-brow register, we half-heartedly ask, “Why is there evil in the world?” In […]

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The most recent column of Archbishop Charles Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Philadelphia, is titled,“Justice, Prudence and Immigration Reform” (Feb. 19, 2013). Here is some of that column (with emphasis added):  The Catholic commitment to the […]

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