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This is Father Bonimitch, Chapman.

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Father Bonaventure, today's episode is building on a conversation I had a couple years ago with Father Gregory Pine because we realized that Thomas Merton is a little bit of a controversial figure.

He came up again when Pope Francis visited the United States because he was one of the

Catholics that the Holy Father spoke about, the Holy Father reference in his address to the U.S.

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