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The Truth About 2012: Predictions of global change have no basis, even in Mayan myth
Jimmy Akin
On December 21, 2012, something momentous is going to happen. The Mayan calendar says so. Everybody knows it. They’ve been talking about it on...
The Trouble with Yoga: A Catholic may practice the physical postures, but with caveats
Michelle Arnold
In the last few years yoga, to use Internet lingo, has gone viral. Stores are filled with yoga clothing, equipment, books, and videos; churches...
Why a Celibate Priesthood?: The spiritual and practical reasons are rife
Mark P. Shea
The celibacy of the Catholic priesthood is a sign of great contradiction in our time. Our culture stares at it in blank incomprehension, and on...
Dropping the Atomic Bomb Was Wrong. Period.
Christopher Check
The Church teaches that nuclear warfare is an intrinsic evil that can never be morally justified. So why do so many Catholics disagree?
Where the Evangelists Got Their Information
Jimmy Akin
The Gospels provide accounts of numerous things that Jesus said and did during his earthly ministry. But how did the Evangelists themselves...

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