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Philadelphia Trumpet • May 2000 • Volume 11, No. 4

Cover Story
The Next Pope
The struggle for power has already begun.
Acts of the Popes
On March 12, the pope made a public apology for the universal church’s past faults and sins. His confession was seen as vague and inadequate. Which past sins? Certainly he must have included the sins of his predecessors.
The Pope’s Jerusalem Crusade
Measuring Catholic maneuvers in the Middle East against the backdrop of history
David Meets Goliath
Adrian Hilton talks about the difficulties of trying to expose Europe’s spiritual agenda.

Departments
Commentary
Killing in the Name of God
How can the “very religious” be so violent?
From the Editor
The EU’s Hidden Agenda
Articles
Europe Marches South
Here is advance news of the next move of the rising European monolith, the European Union. You will soon read of this in your newspapers. In this article we break the news of the EU’s move southward.
Spain Surges Right
In a landslide victory, right-wing Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar recently demolished his socialist opponents in Spain’s federal elections. What’s behind this swing against the center-left tide in European politics?
Czechmate!
How Western weakness has allowed former Czechoslovakia to be dominated by the Vatican and European Union
An Ongoing Face-Off
Will China “lose face” over the election of a pro-independence Taiwanese president?
The Tarnished Badge
Bad press is crippling America’s law enforcement.