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What About the Right to Die?

Here's how to answer the common arguments of the culture of death

The leading priest-advocate for the culture of life offers straightforward answers to the common arguments of the culture of death.

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Common Myths

Common myths about assisted suicide and euthanasia.

Feature Article

The Role of Deacons: Then and Now

The permanent diaconate was reinstated at the Second Vatican Council. Despite problems from poor formation to professional jealousy, deacons are on the rise. Here's what they can – and can't – do for the Church today.

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What Can and Can't Deacons Do?

A list of what deacons can and cannot do.

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The Restoration of the Diaconate at the Second Vatican Council

Vatican II and the permanent diaconate.

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Who Were the "Great" Popes – and Why?

Many are calling our dear departed Holy Father "John Paul the Great." Here's a profile of the three men history has given the title.

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What's in a Name?

Nominalism in an idea that has had devastating consequences for our everyday life

Philosophical concepts may not seem important or relevant, but ideas have consequences. Here's how nominalism affects us every day.

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Soteriology: Catholic v. Protestant

How Catholic and Protestant teachings on salvation differ.

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Mary, the Ark of the New Covenant

Why do Catholics call Mary the Ark of the New Covenant? The answer to that will take us on a journey through the Old and New Testaments to explore biblical typology.

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Mary the Ark As Revealed in Mary's Visit to Elizabeth

Parallels between the Ark of the Old Covenant and Mary, as the Ark of the New Covenant, as shown in her visit to Elizabeth.

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Inside the Ark

Inside the Arks of the Old and New Covenants.

 Departments

Frontispiece

The Bible Is Not Infallible
By Karl Keating

Letters

Step by Step

Google versus the Pope
By Kenneth J. Howell

Brass Tacks

The Complex Relationship between Scripture and Tradition
By Jimmy Akin

The Fathers Know Best

The Real Presence

Damascus Road

Reincarnation Meant My Loved Ones Would Cease to Exist
By Joanna Bogle

Classic Apologetics

The Authenticity of the Gospels
By Walter Devivier, S. J.

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