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Welcome.

My name is Dan Hugar, librarian and research associate at the Acton Institute.

And today I'm joined by Father Robert Serico, co-founder and President Emeritus of the

Acton Institute.

Father Robert, Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

Bon Natale, as we say.

Yes. So this is kind of a special episode of Act in Line. We usually, you know, follow

not so much the liturgical calendar, but the scholarly calendar of publications of things like that.

Sure. But, you know, a lot of people listen to podcasts even when they shouldn't.

And this is going to come out on Christmas Eve, and we thought we would bring a little Christmas cheer to everyone should they tune in on Christmas.

And I wanted to start out by just sort of asking you about, you know, a lot of people,

Christmas is a very special time.

It's a very special time religiously for Christians.

Yeah.

But it's also a very special time for Americans in general because the holiday is so much a part of our national calendar that even if we don't have religious convictions, we all have Christmas memories.

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