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December 4, 2013
Regular readers will know that I am not usually a fan of Ross Douthat, but his column on the challenge Pope Francis poses to liberal Catholics is spot-on. It is not easy to stand up to the rest of our progressive allies on a neuralgic issue like abortion, but if we don't, why should we be surprised if we are dismissed as mere fellow travelers?