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Apr 2023
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WOF 383: What Christianity Brings to the...

BISHOP ROBERT BARRON
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Friends, does Christianity still have a place in the public square? What can it contribute to the broader culture?

On today's episode of "The Word on Fire Show," Brandon Vogt and I discuss some of the unique ways that Christianity has shaped the modern world.

A listener asks, what is the Catholic response to post-modernity, specifically the claim that everything is predicated on power?

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