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An Act of Force: What the Church Asks of a Blockade Meant to Bring Iran to Terms
Washington says it will keep its blockade of Iran until Tehran gives way. What the Church teaches about pressure that lands on a whole people.
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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.