I’m puzzled. You seem to be promoting the existence of the Evil One, K., but at the same time rejecting the philosophical identification of human intention-and-action performances (trying to hit JP2’s meaning on the point the article’s author emphasises ...) that are “intrinsically evil” as the author says, or “always wrong” or “disordered,” etc.
I don’t see your point. Surely both are true. The Devil and his work amid humanity is real ... AND theologically-informed reason can tell us that certain human intended acts are always against God’s Will.
Or am I missing the whole schmear? Sometimes it seems that what’s obvious to me is too basic for the Subtle.
“Or am I missing the whole schmear?”
Yup, I’m afraid so. Your comments on soldiers in war demonstrate that. By the way, with all due respect to him, +JPII was, at least in comparison to +BXVI and most of our Patriarchs and major metropolitans, a pedestrian theologian at best. Great showman, though, if you like that sort of thing.