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Home: Core Subjects: Facts and Misconceptions Core Subjects: Facts and MisconceptionsArticles:10 Myths about Priestly Pedophilia - Crisis e-letterThe media, egged on by a small group of dissenting Catholics, have been having a field day over the tragedy of priests involved in sexual abuse. And the reporting has been littered with falsehoods and outright fabrications. So Crisis has put together a list of the ten most common false media claims — along with fact-filled responses to them. Popular Read more... 12 Claims Every Catholic Should Be Able to Answer - Deal HudsonFreedom of speech is a great thing. Unfortunately, it comes at an unavoidable price: When citizens are free to say what they want, they’ll sometimes use that freedom to say some pretty silly things. And that’s the case with the 12 claims we’re about to cover. Popular Read more... 5 Arguments Against Priestly Celibacy and How to Refute Them - Crisis e-letterCrisis magazine has put together a list of arguments for priestly celibacy and responses to commonly heard criticisms. Popular Read more... The Da Vinci Code: The facts behind the fiction - Amy WelbornAmy Welborn points out some of the many errors about religion, history, and art contained in The Da Vinci Code in this short pamphlet. Popular Read more... Answering Advocates of Gay Marriage - Katherine Young and Paul NathansonAttention: The Catholic Education Resource Center notes that the persons writing this article are neither Catholic nor in full agreement with the Church's teaching on homosexuality. Nevertheless, the urgency of the issue of gay marriage at this time and the compelling arguments raised against it here, make this paper an important resource. Popular Read more... But What do I Say? - J. BudziszewskiThe gay-activist movement is finding its way into more and more schools — promoting destructive behavior under the guise of tolerance. How can you ensure that the truth gets a fair hearing? Popular Read more... Contraception: Why Not? - Janet SmithJanet Smith explains why the Catholic Church keeps insisting, in the face of the opposite position held by most of the rest of the modern world, that contraception is one of the worst inventions of our time. Popular Read more... Multiculturalism, Catholicism, and American Civilization - Joseph A. VaracalliThere are actually three forms of multiculturalism, two of which are antithetical to the Catholic worldview. Popular Read more... Women Priests — No Chance - JOANNE BOGLEThere is a general assumption, especially in North America and Europe, that the Catholic Church’s insistence on a male priesthood is an obscure anomaly, which endures only because a Polish pope has refused to move with the times. Popular Read more... The Popes and Slavery—book review - Leonard A. Kennedy, C.S.B.Catholics were guilty for centuries of having slaves or profiting from the slave trade in spite of the fact that the popes taught clearly and frequently the evil of slavery,"and even legislated severe ecclesiastical penalties for engaging in it. Read more... A Bridge Across the Tiber - Father Dwight LongneckerAfter today's amazing announcement from the Vatican, Anglicans no longer need to change into their swimming trunks. Read more... A case for celibacy for priests - Father Robert BarronThe scandal surrounding the Rev. Alberto Cutie has raised questions in the minds of many concerning the Catholic Church's discipline of priestly celibacy. Read more... A Church devoted to love and charity - Rev. Raymond de SouzaPope Benedict XVI released his first encyclical yesterday, the title of which is taken from the First Letter of John, "God is Love" — or in the Latin text by which it will be known, Deus Caritas Est. Read more... A Clarification on the Meaning of 'Conscience' - Douglas McManamanWhenever I think certain popular misconceptions are finally behind us, someone who should know better, such as a priest, teacher, or God forbid, a bishop, brings me back to reality. Read more... A Gospel In The Gospel Of Judas? - Rev. Dr. Theodore G. StylianopoulosCasting Judas not as a culpable betrayer, but as an intimate friend and collaborator of Jesus, the recently announced Gospel of Judas has understandably generated a stir. However, what the ancient document says about Jesus is even more controversial. Read more... A human and spiritual wake-up call - Father Michael Czerny, S.J.Pope Benedict’s words at the beginning of his trip to Africa, regarding the use of condoms in preventing the spread of AIDS, generated a media storm. But the Pope's comments are not the cause for concern that they were reported to be. Why is the Church's teaching on this issue not 'unrealistic and ineffective', as alleged; but valuable, efficient, and grounded in reality? Read more... A John Paul II Beatification Catechism - George WeigelResponding to skeptics and critics. Read more... A Necessary Bondage? When the Church Endorsed Slavery - T. David CurpAn important function of history, as opposed to antiquarianism, is to make the past intelligible to the present. Read more... A note on purgatory - Doug McManamanA priest friend of a nearby diocese was once accosted by a woman who had purchased a Mass for her deceased father. What upset her was that during the Mass, my friend implied that her father was in purgatory. Read more... A Question of Character - Philip F. LawlerChurch leaders have been looking to psychologists for insights, at precisely the time when psychology needed the insights of the Catholic Church. Read more... A Review of Stephen Greenblatt's The Swerve - Father Robert BarronThe story of modernity’s rise is much more complex and finally much more interesting than the one told by Stephen Greenblatt, and it is altogether possible to celebrate the legitimate achievements of modern culture without knocking down a straw-man version of Catholicism Read more... A Righteous Gentile: Pope Pius XII and the Jews - Rabbi David G. DalinA new authentically Jewish history of Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust needs to be written in order to help bring some long-overdue recognition to this "righteous gentile," a man whose legacy is as one of the century's great friends of the Jewish people. Read more... A widening divide between the religious and the "nones" - Colleen Carroll CampbellIn their 1985 bestseller, Habits of the Heart, sociologist Robert Bellah and his coauthors introduced America to a peculiar new religion: "Sheilaism." Read more... Aging gracefully - Colleen Carroll CampbellIf happiness depends on what movies like Sex and the City say it does – flawless physiques and up-to-the-minute fashions, keeping up with the Joneses in possessions and sex appeal – then elderly Americans surely are the most miserable among us. Read more... All Church Politics Is Local - Fr. Thomas WilliamsIn a rare exercise of collective muscle, the U.S. Bishops Committee on Doctrine issued a statement last Friday declaring that two pamphlets published by Professor Daniel Maguire of Marquette University “do not present authentic Catholic teaching.” Read more... Pages Updated On: Wed Jan 11 2012 - 03:40:20
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