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Benedict's ‘Communio-ist Manifesto’
Posted by Angelo Matera
Thursday, July 09, 2009 9:01 AM
Benedict signs a copy of Caritas in Veritate. (CNS/Reuters)
For commentators like First Things editor Joseph Bottum, one of the most unsettling statements in Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth) — a dense and complex 30,000-word encyclical on the Church’s social doctrine — is the one that asserts an obligation to practice charity in all areas of public life equal to the obligation to practice personal charity:
“Every Christian is called to... READ MORE
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