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2015 - Church Chat Critique of Priests' Convocation Ignites Controversy

FOSIL columnist Tom Smith stirred a spirited conversation with his Church Chat column #113, "Smelling Like the Sheep" (below and at this link. We reproduce here the emails about it that came to FOSIL's attention.


Tom Smith's Original Church Chat
Response of Father Jim Dieters
Response of Gerald Montroy
Response of Tom Smith

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