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The Judas Code - Fr. Raymond de Souza

In the year 4006, an enterprising team from Global Geographic announces that experts in late second-millennium languages and data retrieval have pieced together an authentic copy of the longrumoured-to-exist Da Vinci Code. Email This Article

The Myth of Religious Tolerance - Father Thomas D. Williams, LC

A respect for religious freedom stands head and shoulders above a supposed tolerance for religious belief — with the relativism, indifference, and subtle disdain for religion it so often comprises. Email This Article

The Next Christianity - Philip Jenkins

In looking back over the enormous changes wrought by the twentieth century, Western observers may have missed the most dramatic revolution of all. While secular movements like communism, feminism, and environmentalism have gotten the lion’s share of our attention, the explosive southward expansion of Christianity in Africa, Asia, and Latin America has barely registered on Western consciousness. Nor has the globalization of Christianity – and the enormous religious, political, and social consequences it portends – been properly understood. Email This Article

The Papacy and Galileo - Patrick Madrid

Many have unwittingly embraced the myth that Galileo Galilei, a 17th-century Italian astronomer, discovered the heliocentricity of the solar system and, because his discovery conflicted with Catholic teaching, was tortured until he recanted. All this is pure fabrication. Email This Article

The Pope’s New Feminism - Mary Ann Glendon

A vigorous proponent in international settings of social and economic justice for women, especially poor women, the Catholic Church has been a tireless voice for those whose voices are seldom heard in the corridors of power. Without glossing over the criticisms, this article provides evidence of an enviable historical record of concern for women by the Church. Email This Article

The Problem with Self-Esteem - Paul C. Vitz

Self-esteem is a deeply secular concept, and not one with which Christians should be particularly involved. Email This Article

The Quarrel the Evolutionists Started - Janine Langan

Following Pope John Paul II's 1996 statement that the theory of evolution is “more than just a hypothesis,” newspapers around the world published articles wrongly asserting that the Church had finally come around and withdrawn its opposition to the theory. Email This Article

The Real History of the Crusades - Thomas F. Madden

Many historians had been trying for some time to set the record straight on the Crusades - misconceptions are all too common. Updated Email This Article

The Real Maria Monk - J. Bernard Delany, O.P.

"The Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk: the Hidden Secrets of a Nun's Life in a Convent Exposed" was first published in New York in 1836 and its aim is, as its title proclaims, to cast discredit on the Catholic Church and Catholics generally. Email This Article

The Religious Heritage of American Democracy - Joseph F. Costanzo

Although there is a secularistic stream in the nation's history, it is not the only American tradition. Moreover, it is not the original American tradition and it is certainly not the genuine and authentic one. Email This Article

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