Worldwide, there were some 200 million automobiles in 1970; by 1990 the number had grown to 500 million. If current population and buying trends continue, it is estimated that by 2030 there could be more than 1 trillion cars rumbling down our highways and byways (Hypertextbook.com). While the auto industry provides thousands of jobs for [...]
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In an attempt refocus attention on the practice of confession, Archbishop Gianfranco Girotti recently announced that the Catholic Church has doubled and modernized its list of seven deadly sins. The Vatican’s new catalog of vices lists the following “new” sins: Environmental pollution Genetic manipulation Accumulating excessive wealth Inflicting poverty Drug trafficking and consumption Morally debatable [...]
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