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Mar 2021
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The Catholic Divide: A Church in Conflic...

THE THINKING ATHEIST
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The Catholic Church is at war with itself. Big Money players have weaponized the church for Christian Nationalism, while others are resisting religious overreach to install a theocracy and discriminate against others.

Author/Journalist Katherine Stewart joins us to talk about her New Republic article, "How Big Money is Dividing American Catholicism."

ARTICLE LINK: https://bit.ly/38yfA06

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