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Entry: All Soul's Day Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/all_souls_day#8453 Post contents: Boyd, "...the Catholic faith has an everyday, over-arching application, socially, culturally AND politically..." Agreed, our faith should be the primary and ultimate source for guiding all our actions. So, my point is simple; extolling the virtues of regimes and persons who operate in opposition to that understanding is confusing to me. Maurras was not a believer, let alone a Catholic for most of his life. He reduced our faith to a tool for governance. Petain cooperated with genocide. No matter how great their political or cultural contributions, in the end both of these men acted in flagrant contradiction of the Gospels and Church teaching. They do not deserve your praise. The great tragedy that has befallen us is the bifurcation between the self and it's worldly endeavors. This cannot go on for much longer on a civilizational-wide basis. Not sure how there can be dissent on this point without falling into heresy. Again, I offer these thoughts because I think you are unaware of the implications of some of your comments. Our Lord deserves much better than my flawed discipleship. Doubly so, those who wielded earthly power and did great wrongs in his Name. Sent at: 2008 11 21