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Thirty-three years after Pope Saint John Paul II released the encyclical letter Veritatis Splendor<\/em> (\u201cThe Splendor of Truth\u201d), I\u2019m starting a new Substack dedicated to a paragraph-by-paragraph\u00a0gloss of the letter and an exploration of its themes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/splendidtruth.substack.com\/<\/strong><\/a>

This is a project I began about a decade ago here on WordPress, but I am taking the occasion of the thirty-third anniversary to transfer my existing work into Substack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope you will consider joining me. The first post on the Introduction to the letter has been published today for free, and should give you a sense of my approach, my style and what to expect in the coming weekly posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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