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Home: Core Subjects: Facts and Misconceptions: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Facts and Misconceptions: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Amen to a good offer - Father Raymond J. de SouzaThe decision announced in Rome yesterday to create structures to allow Anglicans to convert to Catholicism in a corporate way, while retaining many of their Anglican traditions, is a major historical development. Read more... An Airport Encounter - Archbishop Timothy DolanAs I was waiting for the electronic train to take me to the terminal, a man, maybe in his mid-forties, came closer to me. "I was raised a Catholic," he said, "and now as a father of two boys, I can't look at you or any other priest without thinking of a sexual abuser." Read more... An insult to Catholics — and historians - Michael CorenFor Dan Brown’s fans, a primer on his many errors. Read more... Anti-Catholic junk history - Gerald WarnerBritain remains marinated in anti-Catholic mythology as a consequence of centuries of relentless propaganda by establishment interest groups. Read more... Are Witches Real? - Father Dwight LongeneckerAleister Crowley was an English witch. Read more... Atheism, not religion, is the real force behind the mass murders of history - Dinesh D'SouzaIn recent months, a spate of atheist books have argued that religion represents, as End of Faith author Sam Harris puts it, "the most potent source of human conflict, past and present." Read more... Back to the Beginning: A Brief Introduction to the Ancient Catholic Church - George Sim JohnstonThe culture is now flooded with bogus scholarship whose main purpose is to put Christianity — and especially orthodox Catholicism — on the defensive. But most Catholics have no idea how to respond, and more than a few take these books and documentaries at face value. After all, they have the imprimatur of the History Channel or a large publishing house like Doubleday. Read more... Bad Habits: Can we correct liturgical abuse in religious communities? - Father Vincent Capuano, S.J.I have a dilemma and some questions I wish someone would help me with. This article does not attempt to answer questions so much as to pose them. Nonetheless, I will, toward the end of the article, suggest some tentative solutions. Let me explain the situation that I am in and why I set myself to the task of writing this essay. Read more... Benedict's Better Plan - Colleen Carroll CampbellHistory proves that the Church thrives when it is challenging the culture, not imitating it. Read more... Benedict's first year - John L. Allen Jr.As the one-year anniversary of Benedict XVI’s election neared, newspapers, news magazines and TV and radio outlets were scrambling, trying to outline what the last 12 months have taught us about the new leader of the 1.1-billion strong Roman Catholic church. Read more... Bonfire of the Pieties - Amir TaheriIslam prohibits neither images of Muhammad nor jokes about religion. Read more... Cathedrals, Basilicas, and Shrines - Thomas J. CraughwellAnybody can recognize a church, but how do you tell if you are in a cathedral, or a basilica, or a shrine? The distinctions can be confusing, so it may be best to begin with the simplest category — the cathedral. Read more... Catholic Education Statistics from the United States - Official Catholic Directory 2002Catholic Sources and the Declaration of Independence - Rev. John C. Rager, S.T.D.The American Declaration of Independence, which is so admirable and dignified an expression of the American mind," is at the same time an accurate expression of the Catholic mind, medieval and modern. Read more... Catholics are once again embracing meatless Fridays - Father Raymond J. de SouzaFish’n’chips, anyone? Read more... Celebrating False Martyrs - Fr. Raymond de SouzaPublic discourse in much of the Arab world is in need of a thorough de-lousing after the capture of Saddam Hussein — if only to maintain the hygiene of Islamic theology. Read more... Celibacy - Raymond ArroyoWhen he met with the U.S. cardinals to formulate some response to the sexual scandals besieging the Church, the Pope took the issue of clerical celibacy off the table. Read more... Chesterton Was Fat - Jennifer PierceThere is much talk of the possible canonization of one of Catholicism's favorite "secular saints," G. K. Chesterton. Inevitably, people point to one thing that doesn't sit well in the American consciousness: Chesterton was fat. Read more... Christian Number-Crunching reveals impressive growth - George WeigelThe annual "Status of Global Mission" report is unfailingly interesting, sometimes jarring, and occasionally provocative. This year it's all three. Read more... Church Statistics and Church Mission - FIDES NEWS AGENCYSummary statistics that reflect the Catholic Church's worldwide presence of service and apostolates. Also included are figures on the number of priests and bishops and totals for all the world religions. Read more... Confusing Sentimentality with Love - Douglas McManamanThe Late Dr. Murray McGovern was a Canadian psychiatrist who evaluated candidates for the priesthood for a nearby diocese. Read more... Counselors for the Defense - Robert RoyalIn case you haven’t already noticed, for some years there has been a growing effort in diverse educational and cultural circles to paint Christian history as a blot on human existence. If you have been annoyed at some of the things that your children have been picking up in school, or have not known how to respond to criticisms of Christianity that seems wildly off-base do not miss Vincent Carroll and David Shiflett’s new book Christianity on Trial; Arguments Against Anti-Religious Bigotry. It is a comprehensive, systematic, and fair-minded examination of the facts, a truly remarkable achievement. Here is an excerpt from the introduction to the book and Robert Royal’s inspiring review. Read more... Created Equal - Dinesh D’SouzaThe new atheism is going mainstream. Now atheist groups are taking out signs on public buses that say "Why believe in God? Just be good for goodness sake." Read more... Crusade Propaganda: The abuse of Christianity’s holy wars - Thomas F. MaddenThe crusades are quite possibly the most misunderstood event in European history. Now put this down in your notebook, because it will be on the test: The crusades were in every way a defensive war. They were the West's belated response to the Muslim conquest of fully two-thirds of the Christian world. Read more... Deaf Ears - Naomi Schaefer RileyThe demands of the few test the patience of the many. Read more... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 [>>] Pages Updated On: Wed Jan 11 2012 - 03:40:21
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