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Politics from the pulpit

Fr. Jerry J. Pokorsky, Catholic Culture

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Politics is not only the art of the possible. Politics is also the essential art of applying religious and reasonable Christian principles to the concrete circumstances of life. Direct political transgressions of the natural law are also legitimate concerns of the clergy.

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