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Radical Liberty
Can Good Catholics Go to Hell? |
| Ignore for a moment Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, and Osama bin Laden—if you’re a good Catholic of the confession-going, churchgoing sort, can you still go to hell? Ours is a freedom of the most radical nature. |
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By Regis Martin
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Debating 101
The Do's and Don'ts of Avoiding 'Wrangling Among Men' |
| Apologetic debates can be stimulating, challenging, and informative. They are also rife with shoals and other dangerous obstacles. The author takes you through a checklist culled from years of successful—and sometimes not so successful—debating. |
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By James Akin
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It Didn't Go Out with Vatican II
The Church's Position on Salvation outside the Church Is Unchanged |
| It-Went-Out-with-Vatican-II disease causes some Catholics to talk as though the Church before the Council was a completely different animal than it is now. Here’s how to answer those who would make doctrine a do-it-yourself exercise. |
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By Mark P. Shea
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Encounters with a New-Age Apostle
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| How do you explain Catholicism to someone who says things like, "The religions that currently exist are mired in traditionalism and very strict beliefs systems, rules, and procedures"? The author takes a shot with a new-age family friend. |
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By Craig Turner
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Evangelizing Jamaica
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| The obstacles Catholic evangelists have to overcome in order to spread the gospel of Christ in the third world are staggering. Come along on an apologetic tour of one such country. |
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By Victor Claveau
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Calming the Waters
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| When it comes to charitable work, it is not possible to satisfy all the donors all the time. Catholic Answers’ president uses an apologetics sea cruise to explain the larger philosophy of the apostolate. |
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By Karl Keating
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