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ÜCTOBER
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Á RTICLES
3 - Bebjnd the Pope's Spiri tual Offensive in Eastern Europe
5-- Wbat Teachers Wish Parents Knew About School
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The Mark of a Great Mind!
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The History of Europe and the Church- Part Four: Charlemagne
and tbe New Europe
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The Greatest Gift You Can Give Your Children
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Why Must Man Suffer?
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The Weather in 1983- A Foretaste of Disaster
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We' re Creat ures of Habit . .. Why?
33- ... A Religious Reawakening Needed in Our Time?
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Personal from Herbert W. Armstrong
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International Desk
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What Our Readers Say
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In the five years he has occupied his high office, Pope John Paul
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traveled to 36 countries. No trips have been more dramatic
than his two visits to bis native Poland, in 1979 and earlier this year. Behind
the Pope's exhaustive efforts is bis desire to achieve
the "spiritual unity" of all Europeans, both East and West.
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