What circumstances is it okay to love someone from a distance?

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Could be many circumstances. I’m Not sure what you mean by love someone from a distance.
 
If you mean family members, it is okay. Some people are just too difficult to be around no matter who they are. It is okay to distance yourself from people that are intensely and continuously abusive toward you. No one should have to live with that, even if they are family.
 
There are people at the church I go to, an Anglican one that I distance myself from. I don’t want to be friends with those people, or have close friends who are not Catholics. That does not mean I shouldn’t be kind to them.
 
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We are to love all people ie to pray for them, to sincerely want only good for them, hope and pray for the salvation of their souls.

We don’t have to like them.
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Like people who hurt us.
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Always genuinely forgive the hurt from the will - the head and heart may take some time to heal. So if the person speaks to us, then charity says we politely respond - “hello/good morning” etc. and then politely excuse ourselves and move away to another person to talk with or leave to go somewhere else etc. They should be treated with respect as they too are created in the image and likeness of God.

We are not obligated to be another persons boxing bag/opponent or a door mat for others though.
 
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