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Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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POWERS OF EVIL

Satan and the fallen angels as created, invisible powers permitted by God to tempt human beings to sin, and on occasion used by God to punish people, already on earth, for their commission of sin. Also applied to those persons who are estranged from God and therefore ready instruments of the evil spirit for leading others into sin.

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Wednesday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of St. John Paul II, Pope

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The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. John Paul II (1920-2005). Karol Jozef Wojtyla was born in 1920 in Wadowice, Poland. After his ordination to the priesthood and theological studies in Rome, he returned to his homeland and resumed various pastoral and academic tasks. He became first…

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