Lord, please don’t hear this prayer
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Divine Wisdom and Human Wisdom
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Catholic confusions in the Congress
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During his campaign for the presidency, Senator John Kerry has tried in various ways to square his self-description as a “believing and practicing Catholic” with his unalloyed record of support
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