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Cannot Be Divorced: What the Church Asks When Russian Sanctions Meet the Price of Diesel
Trump waived new Russian sanctions two days before they took effect. What the Church teaches about national interest and the good of the human family.
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Deacon Dan DeLuca
A permanent deacon, ordained in 2023, completing a Master’s degree in theology and preparing to begin doctoral studies. His areas of study are Scripture, liturgy, and ecclesiology. Everything here is written by him — nothing syndicated, nothing reprinted from a publisher’s service — and every claim is cited to the document it comes from, by paragraph number.