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This Insights eNewsletter was sent to subscribers on March 21, 2014.

eNewsletter Subject: Politics and Theology

Man is a political animal, and it is very hard for him to keep his politics out of his religion. A typically unfortunate example of this is the current struggle in Crimea. Consider these two recent news stories:

• Report: Russian Orthodox move to seize other churches in Crimea
• Crimean bishop compares situation to Gethsemane

In addition to such flagrant marriages of politics and religion, I often wonder about the reluctance of bishops living under the soft-totalitarianisms of the West to give up the status of political “players”.

Here is a recent example from Europe: European bishops’ body urges voters to support European Union. Where does good citizenship end and sycophancy begin?...

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