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I Will Give You Shepherds: Addressing the Priest Shortage - Faith Facts: Lay Witness

Is there a priest shortage? What is being done to address shortages where they occur? What can be done to increase the number of candidates for ordination? Email This Article

In search of a scapegoat - Michael Cook

Was John Paul II responsible for the deaths of millions of African AIDS victims because he refused to sanction the use of condoms? Email This Article

In What Year was Christ Actually Born? - ZENIT

While Jubilee celebrations started with the opening of the Holy Door on December 24, 1999 and ended with its closing on January 6, 2000, it is less clear whether this is really the 2000th anniversary of Christ's birth. Email This Article

Inclusive Christianity - Father Thomas D. Williams, LC.

To celebrate Holy Week and Easter, the United Church of Christ (UCC) produced an attention-grabbing television ad highlighting its inclusive policies. Email This Article

Inquisition - JAMES HITCHCOCK

The subject of the Inquisition illustrates one of the paradoxes of the "information age"—the availability of accurate information on a subject by no means guarantees that such information will affect public perceptions. Email This Article

Interview: Christianity's New Center - Philip Jenkins

Philip Jenkins, the author of "The Next Christianity" in the October Atlantic, argues that most Americans and Europeans are blind to Christianity's real future. Email This Article

Is There a Priest Shortage? - Vatican Yearbook

The number of seminarians worldwide has grown 73 percent during the pontificate of John Paul II. In 1978, there were 64,000 seminarians — compared to more than 110,500 in 2000. Email This Article

It’s Not About Celibacy - Deal Hudson

The recent pedophile problems in various U.S. Catholic dioceses, especially Boston, have led – predictably – to a new wave of questions about priestly celibacy. Let us be clear: There is no relation between the vow of priestly celibacy and the incidence of pedophilia among Catholic priests. Email This Article

Let My People Go: The Catholic Church and Slavery - MARK BRUMLEY

“How many divisions does the Pope have?” Joseph Stalin once ironically asked the official warning him of the Vatican's “power.” Decades later, totalitarian regimes have all but vanished, while the Catholic Church, founded strictly on an evangelical message of love, has continued to grow. Email This Article

Maria Monk - Robert P. Lockwood

Anti-Catholic newspapers were flourishing in the United States by the mid-1830s thanks to the wide appeal of a new genre: convent horror stories. Email This Article

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