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Home: Core Subjects: Facts and Misconceptions: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Facts and Misconceptions: LINKS_PAGEArticles:The Wrong Explanations - Philip F. LawlerIf the bishops had been determined to conduct a thorough study of sexual abuse they might have done investigations into the backgrounds of the priests who were accused. Who were there friends among the clergy? Where had they been assigned? Did they share vacation cottages with other priests or bishops? Who had been their seminary teachers? Remarkably, the John Jay study did none of these things. Read more... The Young, the Fertile, and the Ambitious - Philip JenkinsAuthor Philip Jenkins discusses the demographic trends and religious movements that the elite don't notice. Read more... Those Terrible Middle Ages! Debunking the Myths – a book review - Helen M. Valois“The Church is absolutely medieval!” How often have we heard that remark? It is meant to convey that Catholicism has not kept up with the intellectual, technological, and social advances of modernity, and is merely a throwback to those vilified centuries we’ve been taught to call the “Dark Ages.” In Ignatius Press’ new release “ Those Terrible Middle Ages!” historian Regine Pernoud demonstrates that this attitude is not only mistaken about the Church, but about the Middle Ages as well. Read more... Those Uncaring Conservatives - Richard John NeuhausThe notion that liberals are caring and compassionate while conservatives are selfish and hard-hearted is still being peddled long after its sell-by date. Read more... To Fast Again - Eamon DuffyThe renewal inaugurated by the Second Vatican Council sprang in large part from the liberating discovery of the depth and variety of Catholic tradition. Yet paradoxically the post-conciliar reforms were sometimes implemented in a spirit of philistine dismissal of “tradition” as nothing more than the dead hand of the past. In shedding a past perceived as sterile and oppressive, much that was profound and life-giving was also lost. One of the saddest casualties of that process was the effective abolition of the Church’s ancient observances of fasting and abstinence. Read more... Trading the Gospel for the fads of politics - Father Raymond J. de SouzaTwo of the world’s most famous clergymen marked birthdays this past week — Archbishop Desmond Tutu turned 75 on Saturday, and the Reverend Jesse Jackson turned 65 the day after. Read more... Vatican Sets Record Straight on Sexual Abuse - Archbishop Silvano TomasiThe following facts were presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Sept. 22, 2009 by Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Holy See's permanent observer to the United Nations in Geneva. Read more... Violent Video Games - Michael Rich, MDMore than 3,500 research studies have examined the association between media violence and violent behavior; all but 18 have shown that the more violence you see, the more likely you are to be violent. Read more... Was Christianity Itself Responsible for the Nazi Holocaust? - Helen M. ValoisShould the Pope apologize for the Nazi Holocaust? Did Christian teaching, as is increasingly alleged, create cultural conditions that ultimately drove the Jews to their graves during the mid-20th century? Read more... Was Hitler a Christian? - Dinesh D’SouzaLeading atheists are arguing that Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime were theist and specifically Christian. Read more... Pages: [<<] ... 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 [>>] Pages Updated On: 10-Mar-2011 - 14:27:29
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