{"id":858,"date":"2011-03-12T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-12T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2011\/03\/because-a-reader-asks-a-question-i-cannot-answer\/"},"modified":"2015-06-07T23:36:14","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T04:36:14","slug":"because-a-reader-asks-a-question-i-cannot-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2011\/03\/because-a-reader-asks-a-question-i-cannot-answer.html","title":{"rendered":"Because A Reader Asks A Question I Cannot Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

<\/a> Dear Readers: The post \u201cGod Takes Care of Little Ones with Guardian Angels\u201d from last spring is the most widely read of all the posts on our site. Yesterday, a reader asked a question I (Allison)\u00a0 have not been able to answer, despite struggling overnight with it. I\u2019m republishing my post, along with her question in the hopes that someone with more wisdom than I can answer.
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Victoria asks: I am of the \u201cAngel of God\u2026\u201d generation. I still pray to my guardian angel but the idea of a guardian angel is probably the one thing in Church teaching that I have a problem with. I can accept that there are angels because they are in the bible but if they are guardians, where are\/were they when little children are being sexually abused? I would really like an answer to this one. <\/i><\/p>\n

The original post is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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