By now, most observers of religion's role in U.S. public life are aware of a controversial editorial that appeared in the Jesuit publicaion Civilta Cattolica earlier this month. The piece by Father Antonio Sparado and an Argentine Protestant minister, the Reverend Marcelo Figueroa, critically examined Catholics' engagement with conservative low-church Protestants.
The editorial raised eyebrows in Catholic and evangelical circles, both in the USA and around the world, not least because of the publication's close ties to Pope Francis.
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