Do the spiritual paths presented by the world's various religions all lead to the same God?

I've written a column titled Pope Francis and the Creed of Universalism for the latest

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We have to get out of this trap that people have fallen into where they identify truth with feeling and get back to understanding that the best road to truth is faith and reason.

The way people are best to manipulated is when they're autonomous.

And this is what we have done to women, is told them to be by themselves,

to be autonomous, to be in control in their lives, and not to in any way to be connected to husbands

and children. You know, it's important to remember, Jesus never says that we need to follow

his example and die for our sins, at least on the cross. He's accomplished that.

But that doesn't mean that every day there isn't some dying and rising that happens in the shape of our Christian life.

And in all of these letters, he calls us not to be successful or not to be perfect, but he calls

us to be faithful, to hold on to his promises.

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We live in an age of great suspicion, cynicism, distrust.

We often don't know what to believe, and if you spend any time whatsoever

online, you are inundated with competing and contradictory claims all that appear to be credible,

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