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Catholics Acquit Cain CATHOLICS ACQUIT CAIN We have here from the REUTERS DISPATCH a report from Venice, Italy, where we read, "Cain, history's first recorded killer, was found innocent of…

Catholicism Which Will You Be Which will you believe? The Holy Scriptures, God's Unchanging Word or The Human Traditions of Men? PURGATORY Roman Catholic Catechism: "What is Purgatory? Purgatory is…

Catholicism And Communism Dont Catholicism And Communism Don't Mix Many years ago, Ho Chi Minh said, "If you withdraw, we will release the prisoners," and at the Paris Peace Talks…

Canon Of The bible CANON OF THE BIBLE BASIC R.C. BELIEF The books recognized by the Roman Catholic Church as part of the Holy Scriptures form the Canon of the…

Billie Graham And Catholics GRAHAM, DR. BILLY CHRISTIAN COMMENT We have no personal axe to grind with Billy Graham. We are thankful for all who have come to know Christ…

Atonement ATONEMENT BASIC R.C. BELIEF The redemptive activity of Christ. The word also applies to prayers and good works by which men join themselves with Christ's work (CATHOLIC WORD BOOK,…

Ash Wednesday ASH WEDNESDAY BASIC R.C. BELIEF The first day of penitential season of Lent, during which the faithful undertake some deprivation to accentuate their penitential spirit. They receive the…

Accidents ACCIDENTS BASIC R.C. BELIEF A term used to denote the outward manifestations (taste, smell, etc.) of the Host in the Roman Catholic Mass. St. Thomas Aquinas first took this…

Exorcism EXORCISM BASIC R.C. BELIEF The driving out of the devil in cases of possession according to a special rite of the Church. The priest must have the express consent…