America’s Great Divorce, by Rodney Pelletier

By Rodney Pelletier, Church Militant, October 25, 2021

The chasm between lovers of good and those who love evil

People of goodwill can see evil everywhere. It’s present in corrupt politics, media and in the Church. But evil can also be seen within families and in neighborhoods. All levels of society are saturated with evil, yet few people understand what evil actually is.

The Church gives clarity as to the nature of evil. Saint Thomas Aquinas explains that evil is not a thing that, properly speaking, exists. Instead, the saintly doctor notes that evil is a lack of some good that ought to exist.

Good is defined as things being exactly the way God meant them to be. In other words, when a thing does what it’s supposed to do, it is good. God designed all of creation to have an end or a purpose — namely, to glorify Him. …

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