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\u2026who are suddenly enamored of Ad Extirpanda as the very last word in the development of Catholic social teaching.<\/a><\/p>\n

Oh, and the book of Judges is not the final word on the Church\u2019s doctrine of Just War either.<\/p>\n

Sheesh! Talk about handing ammunition to anti-Catholics! The strange spectacle of Catholic pro-torture bottom-of-the-barrel scraping is one of the more stunning examples of sin making people stupid.<\/p>\n

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\u2026who are suddenly enamored of Ad Extirpanda as the very last word in the development of Catholic social teaching. Oh, and the book of Judges is not the final word on the Church\u2019s doctrine of Just War either. Sheesh! Talk about handing ammunition to anti-Catholics! 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