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...more John Paul II's personal peculiarity than a characteristic of the church he has built." That much was clear in comments last weekend by Cardinal Giacomo Biffi, 71, of Bologna, touted as a leading candidate to succeed John Paul II. In a theological discussion on the Antichrist, the cardinal opined that it was very likely that the beast was already among us, disguised as a philanthropist supporting creeds such as vegetarianism, animal rights or pacifism - or advocating Catholic dialogue with Orthodox or Anglican Christians, a longtime passion of John Paul II's. Cardinal Biffi's comments, perhaps, signal...
...school's old self-description as the "World's Most Unusual University." Not, at least, until one wanders by the bookstore and sees material on Catholicism under the heading "Cults." Or converses with an earnest young music major near an administrative building. "The Pope isn't necessarily the Antichrist," he explains, parsing a famous (and never retracted) statement by his school's founder. "He is an Antichrist...
...order to make us buy more copies and tune into TV specials titled The Day the Food Ran Out. Then, too, followers of certain religious sects will no doubt find it puzzling, if not downright disappointing, that the new year didn't begin with a spectacular slapdown between the Antichrist and Godzilla. Of course, preachers can always say the Creator called them on their cell phones at 11:59 p.m. to say Armageddon was being postponed.The media may have a harder time explaining why they were so relentlessly hormonal about a year just because it had three zeroes...
Perhaps, but the film's success may elude duplication. It features a sprightly enough plot: codes hidden in the Bible lead the audience to an understanding that the Apocalypse, complete with York as the Antichrist, is unfolding around Van Dien. Given its budget, the quality of its writing, acting and production is remarkably high--about miniseries level. Crouch believes a narrative pivoting on predictions from the books of Daniel and Revelation is especially charming to literal-minded Christians. "The biblically based story points are what they get off on," he says...
...those left behind to battle evil as part of the rag-tag "Tribulation Force" are Rayford Steele, a former commercial-airline pilot, and Cameron ("Buck") Williams, publisher of the cyberjournal The Truth. Their enemy: one Nicolae Carpathia, former U.N. Secretary-General, current Global Community Potentate and--some believe--the Antichrist...