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Volume 14, Number 7
   September 2003   



 
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Cover Story

   

Catholicism’s Bright Future

Seven Signs in America That the End Is Nowhere Near

In this era of errant priests and colluding bishops, it’s a tough time to be a Catholic. It’s also a great time to be a Catholic: There are illustrations of the growing vitality of Catholicism today in the United States as well as events that suggest the possibility that this time of crisis may be turned into a time of conversion and evangelical opportunity. Here’s a survey of the encouraging landscape.

   
By George Weigel
 

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Bible-Belt Catholics

George Weigel argues that there is a new demographic trend transforming the Deep South into a Catholic culture.

   

Feature Article

   

Bad Aramaic Made Easy

There Is No Word for “Cousin”

The discovery in 2002 of an ossuary bearing the inscription “James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus” sparked new debate about the scriptural “brethren of Jesus.” And even is the ossuary inscription is bogus, the fact that opponents of Mary’s perpetual virginity are using inaccurate assertions to support their arguments remains very much a problem. An exposé showing how poor scholarship often goes unchallenged.

   
By Jimmy Akin
 

Feature Article

   

Confronting Creation’s Complexities

Darwinism Isn’t Fit to Survive

For many scientists today, Darwinism has become a pseudo-religion, one that denies that God played a role in the creation of human beings. Didn’t the Holy Father all but endorse Darwinism in a 1996 address to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences? No—here’s what he did endorse, as well as conclusive proof that, by Darwin’s own criterion, his theory has been disproved.

   
By Robin Bernhoft
 

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Shadowy Popes
By Karl Keating

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The Apologist’s Eye

Step by Step

   

Is the Mass a True Sacrifice?
By Kenneth J. Howell

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The Limits of Forgiveness
By Jimmy Akin

The Fathers Know Best

   

Mary, Full of Grace

Classic Apologetics

   

Keep Thyself Chaste
By Rev. Francis J. Ripley

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