Volume 18 Number 9

Issue Date: 
November, 2007

Features

What Freedom Means in the New Babel
By: Gregory R. Beabout
Does freedom mean liberty or license? Contemporary secular dialogue loudly extols the right to freedom while denouncing any moral law as restrictive and oppressive. St. Paul says that Christ set us free for freedom. Same word, vastly different meanings. To overcome the confusion requires that we unravel the secular meaning of freedom while explaining what it means to be free in Christ.
A Pro-life State of the Union
By: Fr. Frank Pavone
The 2007 Supreme Court ruling Gonzales vs. Carhart was a major victory for infants in the womb. More and more people are speaking out on behalf of the pre-born. In light of these and other hopeful signs, a leading pro-life advocate makes ten observations about the current state of the right-to-life movement.
Did John Write His Gospel?
By: Mark P. Shea
Popular "historical" scholarship claims that the Gospels were written long after the events they describe and not by the individuals to whom they were attributed. But were early Church communities that credulous about accepting the authority behind sacred texts? Revisionist arguments come up short in light of intra-textual and contemporary historical evidence.
Strong Medicine
By: Pete Vere
Excommunication is a term that gets a lot of press these days. Most Catholics, however—and certainly the secular press—have only a tenuous g.asp of what the Church’s penalty is all about. When we look beyond images of bell, book, and candle to understand how canon law defines and applies excommunication, we discover that it’s about treatment, not condemnation.

Departments

Reasons for Hope
Separated by a Common Language
By: Cherie Peacock
Letters
Iconic Lesson
Damascus Road
Thirty Years After Baptism, Back in the Fold
By: Abbie Brown Collins
By the Book
Hell? Yes! (Part II)
By: Jim Blackburn
Eyes to See
The Solitary Wanderer Goes Astray
By: Michael Schrauzer
Truth be Told
Secrets of the Spanish Inquisition Revealed
By: Robert P. Lockwood
Last Writes
Public Square, Private Faith
By: Karl Keating

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