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10 Myths about Priestly Pedophilia - Crisis e-letter

The 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  Email This Article

12 Claims Every Catholic Should Be Able to Answer - Deal Hudson

Freedom 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  Email This Article

Answering Advocates of Gay Marriage - Katherine Young and Paul Nathanson

Attention: The Catholic Educator's 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  Email This Article

But What do I Say? - J. Budziszewski

The 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  Email This Article

Contraception: Why Not? - Janet Smith

Janet 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  Email This Article

Women Priests — No Chance - JOANNE BOGLE

There 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  Email This Article

"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.  Email This Article

5 Arguments Against Priestly Celibacy and How to Refute Them - Crisis e-letter

Crisis magazine has put together a list of arguments for priestly celibacy and responses to commonly heard criticisms. We hope it helps you better prepare for the future and the role all of us must play in restoring the moral authority of our Church.  Email This Article

The Da Vinci Code: The facts behind the fiction - Amy Welborn

Amy Welborn points out some of the many errors about religion, history, and art contained in The Da Vinci Code in this short pamphlet.   Email This Article

A Church devoted to love and charity - Rev. Raymond de Souza

Pope 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.   Email This Article

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