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Worse Disorders: What the Church Asks Before Anyone Takes Up Arms Against a Government
Tigrayan forces have reopened war in Ethiopia. The Church permits armed resistance to tyranny only if five conditions are all met. This week, most are not.
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Deacon Dan DeLuca
A permanent deacon, ordained in 2023, completing a Master’s degree in theology and preparing to begin doctoral studies. His areas of study are Scripture, liturgy, and ecclesiology. Everything here is written by him — nothing syndicated, nothing reprinted from a publisher’s service — and every claim is cited to the document it comes from, by paragraph number.