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The Devil’s Advocate in a World Without Saints

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Readers of this column should by now have an idea of what I should honestly call the dramatis persona from whose script I am reading: the Devil’s Advocate, a historical function required for every canonization process submitted to the Vatican. Like every other professional role, it depends for its prosperity on the existence of a… Continue reading The Devil’s Advocate in a World Without Saints
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