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What the Maccabees Could Teach Modern Catholics
As Western European clerics are again singing the praises of secularization
By John M. Grondelski | November 19th 2025 7:20 PMSome Western European clerics are again singing the praises of secularization. The latest, according to Stefano Fontana, is Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, the president of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Italy. (His November 17 opening address to the bishops’ meeting in Assisi is linked below.) That song, however, is hardly…
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