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Uncle Ben's Stew

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  Juan Luis Ozaez on Unsplash Be not afraid! Open, indeed, open wide the doors to Christ! Open to his saving power the confines of states, and systems political and economic, as well as the vast fields of culture, civilization, and development. Be not afraid! Christ knows 'what is inside a person'. Only he knows!   -St. John Paul II Today, Breitbart 's Ben Shapiro demonstrated in his post , "Pope Francis' Disturbing Cuban Manipulation," how dangerous it is to view everything through such a narrow perspective that you miss the reality of the situation. In the fire service, we call it tunnel vision and it can get those for whom you are providing care killed. After all, when political ideology or winning the argument becomes all important, at that very moment, you have made yourself dangerous in your prejudiced irrelevance. There is so much wrong with Mr. Shapiro's piece, it is not possible to hit all of the problems. Let's look at two lowlights.