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Pope Francis and the Zen of dialogue

The Friday Pillar Post

Ed. Condon
Sep 16, 2022
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Pope Francis and the Zen of dialogue

Happy Friday friends,

And a happy feast of Sts. Cornelius and Cyprian, both of whom are remembered by the Church for their third-century defense of the faith, and witness to the Gospel in the face of imperial persecution.

Cyprian, a lawyer from Carthage, survived the persecution of the emperor Decius, but under Valerian found himself first exiled, then ar…

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