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Warning Of New Age Threat From the San Francisco "Chronicle" Wednesday, April 25, 1990 Chronicle Poll: Last of Two Parts Warning of New Age 'Threat' Traditional churches decry 'glorification of…

TM Cult Of The Empty Mind TM - CULT OF THE EMPTY MIND . Transcendental Meditation comes in many guises. Indeed, it can come heavily disguised. (For a Hindu this…

TM Who Needs It T.M. - WHO NEEDS IT? It's happening across our country! Large ads in metropolitan newspapers offer free introductory lectures. High school and college students are being…

Satanism On The Increase SATANISM ON THE INCREASE . The rapid growth of Satan worship and similarly related cults has many people worried. Law enforcement agencies, clergy, and even animal-rights…

Vatican Bank VATICAN BANK THE CITIZEN, 4/12/84, reported: "The Vatican Bank, which owned part of Ambrosiano, has come under scrutiny since Ambrosiano, Italy's largest private banking group, collapsed in 1982.…

Ten Reasons Why I Cannot Be A M TEN REASONS WHY I CANNOT BE A MORMON by Rev. John Hornok MORMONISM DOES NOT TEACH THAT THE BIBLE IS THE INFALLIBLE…

Presumption PRESUMPTION BASIC R.C. BELIEF This is being absolutely sure of Heaven, regardless of future sins or works. This is a mortal sin. We also sin by presumption when we…

Rubrics RUBRICS BASIC R.C. BELIEF Rules for guiding the priest in saying Mass, etc. The word means red; Romans used to write explanatory parts of the documents in red, so…

The Shroud Of Turin THE SHROUD OF TURIN Pope Paul VI called it "the greatest relic in Christendom." A 16th century Roman Catholic soldier, sent to persectute the Christians in…

Vestments VESTMENTS BASIC R.C. BELIEF A priest is elaborately attired for Mass, with different colored vestments for different seasons. Each garment has a religious meaning. POST VATICAN II Vestments have…