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Forty-eight hours into the new year and "world war 3" was already trending on Twitter. How can a Catholic respond to so much evil in the world? Is it wrong to be angry? Is prayer and fasting all we can do? What is the relationship of Christianity to activism? Fr. McCarthy returns to give us his thoughts.

0:00 Introductory chit chat
6:00 Thoughts on "nobodies" and hidden things
11:40 So. Much. Evil. 
15:20 What do we do about it? 
1:00:00 Thoughts on "ends and means" in an election year
---Right to Life movement

Fr. McCarthy's essay on Franz Jagerstatter (2007), "The  Man Who Chose to See"
http://www.emmanuelcharlesmccarthy.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Issue-70_Vocations_Prayer_Franz-Jagerstatter-The-Man-Who-Chose-To-See.pdf

Ellen's reflection on and review of the film "A Hidden Life" (2020), "What About Franz?"
http://catholicsagainstmilitarism.com/just-war/what-about-franz/

Essay by Fr. McCarthy, "Abortion and War," written soon after Iraq War I commenced
https://www.centerforchristiannonviolence.org/sites/default/files/media/resources/essays/Abortion_and_War.pdf

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www.emmanuelcharlesmccarthy.org

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