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Fr. Schall & the Poor

by Michael Sean Winters

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August 19, 2013

Virtually everything about this essay at Catholic World Report by Fr. James Schall, S.J. is obnoxious. I will be writing about it at greater length tomorrow, but thought readers should read it in advance of my commentary.

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