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Volume 16, Number 2
   February 2005   



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Cover Story

   

Making Converts of Cradle Catholics

The Pope’s call to the "new evangelization" is a call to preach the gospel in new ways—not just to those who have never heard it but to those who have perhaps grown too used to hearing it. Here are some concrete strategies for turning all Catholics into converts.

   
By Mary Beth Kremski
 

Feature Article

   

Is Natural Family Planning a Heresy?

Some rigorist Catholics attack the stance of the post-Vatican Church regarding natural family planning, charging it is really another form of artificial birth control. Has the Church, as these individuals claim, changed its position on this matter?

   
By Fr. Brian Harrison, O.S.
 

Feature Article

   

Ten Questions about Canon Law

What is canon law and why is it so important? What is a canon lawyer? Why does the Church have a Code of Canon Law? Can the pope resign from office? These and other pressing questions are answered in a nutshell.

   
By Pete Vere and Michael Trueman
 

Feature Article

   

Skill Is Gained by Experience

Some Considerations for Would-Be Full-Time Apologists

Though most people will be able to pursue apologetics only as an avocation, a few will feel called to pursue it full-time. If you are one of them, here is some sage advice to help you make the transition from part-time to full-time apologist.

   
By Jimmy Akin
 

Feature Article

   

To Explain Infant Baptism You Must Explain Original Sin

Non-Catholics don’t care what the pope or the Catechism says. So here’s how to explain, from the Bible, Catholic teaching on original sin in order to help someone understand the Church’s teaching on infant baptism.

   
By John S. Martignoni
 

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Frontispiece

   

The limits of seriousness.
By Karl Keating

Letters

Step by Step

   

Is Salvation an Act or a Process?
By Kenneth J. Howell

Brass Tacks

   

Spiritual headship.
By Jimmy Akin

The Fathers Know Best

   

Do miracles still occur?

Damascus Road

   

No conversion is truly sudden.
By Fr. Michael Moore

Classic Apologetics

   

True laws lead to true freedom.
By Frank Sheed

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