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In my last column I re-asserted the most radical and offensive teaching in the entire Christian tradition.  It’s not about contraception, gay marriage, abortion, divorce or war.  It is the command of Christ to forgive unconditionally.  Not surprisingly, we Christians have worked out various strategies for avoiding that command.  Perhaps

Christmas is closely associated with coziness, and reasonably so. It happens at the time of year (in the northern hemisphere) when we are all snugged up like badgers while it snows, blows and rains outside. What with all the lights, hot chocolate, lovely fires, and beautiful music of the time

Whether we are talking about pre-Christian or post-Christian paganism, the task of the Catholic is always the same: to bear witness to Jesus Christ. The question is: how?   In the New Testament, different approaches to pre-Christian paganism are evident.  Paganism is a search, but it is a search hampered by