EVIL IS BACK.
It hadn’t gone away, of course, but for us living comfortably in the West, evil was something perpetrated by mass murderers or serial sex offenders but not by ordinary people.
One of the more common things I’ve heard as a priest is people jokingly telling me that they couldn’t possibly make their confession as they’ve been far too evil, and I wouldn’t have the time.
My response, almost invariably, would be to ask when was the last time they’d committed genocide. (And yes, for the
