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A common question that arises, in times of scandal, personal crisis and war is this: “Jesus commands us to forgive, but are we supposed to do that in the absence of repentance?” Here’s the short answer: Yes. Here’s the slightly longer answer, given by our Lord himself: “And whenever you

Last week, we started looking at the broad movement we have seen among conservatives (including Catholics) over the past several years to excuse, minimize, defend and champion the use of torture by the US government in the “War on Terror”. Among Catholics, in particular, the conversation has taken place at

Defining the word “Faith” seems to be one of the most baffling things in the world for most of us. Every day you’ll hear people say stuff like “You just gotta have faith…” and then not finish the sentence. They will assure us in a time of crisis “Just believe.