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Volume 9, Number 7/8
   July-August 1998   



 
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Cover Story

   

Taking Up the Cross in South Africa

Born into a Catholic family, he grew tired of pulpit appeals for liberation theology and so left the Church. He was brought back to the faith - and ultimately to the priesthood - through witnessing violence and despair in South Africa.

   
By Peter J. Grant
 

Feature Article

   

Grassroots Ecumenism

Making a common stand for what is good and true and wise ends up bringing outsiders a little closer to the Church and, at the same time, strengthens the faith of Catholics.

   
By Joanna Bogle
 

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Why I Don't Hold Hands at Mass

Somewhere one has to draw the line, to prevent the horizontal aspects of the Mass from overpowering the vertical. There needs to be time for silent communion with God.

   
By Ronald J. Rychlak
 

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The Witness of Isaiah 7:14

Did Isaiah predict that a virgin or merely a young woman would conceive?
And does it make a difference?

   
By Mark P. Shea
 

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Why I Left the Anglican Church
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