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Fr. Robert P. Imbelli
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Francis X. Maier
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Richard A. Spinello
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Carrie Gress
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Fr. Paul D. Scalia
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The pope and anti-Christian violence
John L. Allen, CRUX
Wednesday, January 3, 2018
It’s striking that Pope Francis so far has chosen not to make any direct mention of anti-Christian violence during this Christmas season. That stands in contrast to 2016, when he used the feast of St. Stephen, the church’s “protomartyr,” to deliver a hard-hitting Angelus address on the subject.