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Catholic alliances today and tomorrow: A response to Dr. Matthew Minerd

May 30, 2023 Larry Chapp 34

I want to begin by thanking Dr. Matthew Minerd for his generous and thoughtful response to my recent article on who it is that controls the narrative of modern Catholicism. Dr. Minerd and I have […]

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This is not why I left Protestantism

February 7, 2023 Casey Chalk 74

It was the late summer of 2010. I was a Protestant seminary student, but I had been studying (and disputing) various claims made by the Catholic Church, precipitated by the recent conversion of one of […]

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  • Brother of Beirut explosion victim speaks ahead of Pope Leo IV’s visit to blast site
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