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Home: Core Subjects: Facts and Misconceptions: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Facts and Misconceptions: LINKS_PAGEArticles: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 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 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... Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... [>>] Pages Updated On: 05-Nov-2009 - 15:26:47
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