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Article: CATHOLIC CATECHISM TACKLES MODERN ISSUES THE NEW BOOK DOES NOT RESEMBLE WHAT MOST U.S. CATHOLICS ARE MOST FAMILIAR WITH IT EVEN ADDRESSES TAX FRAUD AND THE ARMS RACE.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- May 28, 1994
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Byline: DAVID BRIGGS Associated Press
Muslims can be saved. Paying low wages and cheating on taxes are sins. Artificial insemination is morally unacceptable.
This is not your old-style Roman Catholic catechism.
More than 400 years after its last catechism defended the faith against Protestant reformers, the Catholic Church on Friday released a new English-language catechism that seeks to restore doctrinal order and establish a religious ethic for the Third Millenium.
The Vatican won the first culture clash with the 59 million-member church in the United States. Debates over gender-neutral language delayed the English catechism more ...