Most people who are born Catholic are still Catholic, unless they've had a divorce and remarriage problem. I think the Church is just ham-handed in dealing with those people.
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It is also asserted that the election settled the matters of the war and the torture of prisoners. These are dead issues that no longer need be addressed.
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