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In the Catholic understanding, conversion is not a discrete event.(The Week)(Brief article)

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In the Catholic understanding, conversion is not a discrete event. The faithful Catholic is called to a continuous reconversion, growing ever closer to the Lord, becoming ever more what he was made to be. On his recent trip to the U.S., Pope Benedict XVI did not call on America to change its nature so much as to recommit to it. On the south lawn of the White House, he stressed the importance of ...

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