Explaining the Faith - The Crusades: What Really Happened?

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Fr. Chris Alar explains what you need to know about the Crusades and its history with Islam. As Muslim expansion increased into Christian lands, was the Catholic Church morally able to respond? What is a just war and did the Crusades qualify? Separate truth from fiction.

 

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