CATHOLIC PERSPECTIVES

ON NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS

by Clifton L. Holland, Director of PROLADES

23 February 2003

The following documents were produced by Roman Catholic sources and
are reproduced here for your information, although PROLADES does not
necessarily agree with or support these points of view; the documents are
presented here to provoke reflection and discussion on these topics: 

Sects or New Religious Movements:  A Pastoral Challenge
A Vatican Report, issued May 3, 1986

The Challenge of New Religious Movements,
an address by Cardinal Arinze on April 5, 1991

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