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Volume 8, Number 11
   November 1997   



 
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Cover Story

   

The Danger of Centering Prayer

Centering prayer doesn't take you to God, who is wholly other, but to the center of yourself, which may be just an empty hole

   
By John D. Dreher
 

Feature Article

   

WHO IS REALLY PRO-CHOICE?

The logic of the "pro-choice" position really means that choice doesn't matter because the consequences aren't worth bothering about.

   
By Mark P. Shea
 

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TAWKIN’ TA DEAD FOLK

A prison discussion about saints (you know, dead Christians in heaven) and why it makes sense to pray to them

   
By Russell L. Ford
 

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HOW TO RECEIVE THE EUCHARIST

Familiarity breeds contempt-even of the Eucharist. How we receive Holy Communion tells us something about what we believe, and what we believe should tell us how to receive

   
By Adrian Parcher, O.S.B.
 

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Nothing Doing
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Council Minus Papacy Equals Chaos
By Ray Ryland

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The Existence of Purgatory

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Final Purification
By James Akin

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Ten Years of Online Faith
By Terrye Newkirk

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Are Catholics Allowed to Read the Bible?
By Francis J. Ripley

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