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Home: Core Subjects: Facts and Misconceptions: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Facts and Misconceptions: LINKS_PAGEArticles:The Catholic Origins of Thanksgiving! - Taylor MarshallThis history books will tell you that the first Thanksgiving was celebrated by the pilgrims in 1621. Not true. Read more... The Celibate Priesthood - Grace MacKinnonDear Grace, When and why did celibacy become required of priests in the Catholic Church? Read more... The Christian View of Sex: A Time for Apologetics, not Apologies - Janet SmithWhile the fact that our society is suffering greatly from sexual confusion and sexual misconduct is not a novel insight, what is needed is a better understanding and apologetic of the Christian truths about sexuality. Read more... The Church after Pope Benedict - Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.Since the lava flow of media commentaries about Pope Benedict XVI's resignation began nearly two weeks ago, dozens of people have asked me why the Holy Father "really" resigned, and who the next pope is likely to be. Read more... The Church at the Beginning of 2000: Figures Speak for Themselves - ZENIT“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. Read more... The Church Opposes Science: The Myth of Catholic Irrationality - Christopher Kaczor"Christopher Kaczor is one of our finest young Catholic philosophers. In The Seven Big Myths about the Catholic Church, he shows that he is also one of our finest defenders of the Catholic faith. Essential reading for the new evangelization." - Most Reverend Jose H. Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles Read more... The Church’s Teaching on Miracles - Lay WitnessIssue: What is a miracle? What is the purpose of miracles? Read more... The Culture of “Dissent” - Michael NovakThe reason the American Church today stands accused of hypocrisy is that it has been teaching one thing, while a small but significant body of its priests including some bishops has been flagrantly violating that teaching. How can people who studied long and prayed hard before taking vows turn in such a direction, with a full-scale ideology to rationalize it? How can that happen? It could not have happened without a culture of "dissent," a culture that has, at its heart, a teaching of contempt for "Rome." Read more... The Da Vinci Code opportunity - George WeigelWhy do intelligent people think that The Da Vinci Code has some basis in historical fact? Why do Catholics imagine that a novel which suggests (and not so subtly) that the entire structure of faith is a lie is, well, no big deal? Read more... The Dark Night of Mother Teresa - Carol ZaleskiMother Teresa was a classic Christian mystic whose inner life was burned through by the fire of charity, and whose fidelity was tested and purified by an intense trial of faith, a true dark night of the soul. Read more... The Death of Darwinism - George Sim JohnstonNo book has so profoundly affected the way modem man views himself than Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species, first published in 1859. The notion that man is the product of a blind, materialist process which did not have him in mind is part of the intellectual air everyone breathes. Read more... The dispute between Galileo and the Catholic Church - Donald DeMarcoThe conflict between the Church and Galileo was not between a progressive scientist and a backward clergy, or between a blameless individual and an authoritarian Church. This paper is an attempt to examine the pertinent ideas, issues, and personalities in the Galileo affair and by trying to understand these, shed some light on what was at the very heart of the dispute between Galileo and the Catholic Church. Read more... The end of Anglicanism? - Father Raymond J. de SouzaApostolicam. It’s not a word that often appears in the paper, but there it was on Tuesday as the Post printed the entire Nicene Creed in Latin, apropos of an article on sacred music. Read more... The Fable of 'Pope Joan' - Re. William SaundersOne of the television networks recently ran a program about Pope Joan. The television show was not very clear about whether this story was true or not. What is the Straight Answer here? Read more... The facts of crucifixion - Robert GidleyThis article is disturbing — there is nothing pleasant about crucifixion. However, having an understanding of crucifixion helps us understand what Jesus went through on the day of his death. This article is based on various articles written by medical doctors, including a study by the Mayo Clinic published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1989. Read more... The Galileo Affair - George Sim JohnstonSince the Galileo case is one of the historical bludgeons that are used to beat on the Church — the other two being the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition — it is important that Catholics understand exactly what happened between the Church and that very great scientist. A close look at the facts puts to rout almost every aspect of the reigning Galileo legend. Read more... The Galileo Affair - George Sim JohnstonThe Galileo affair is the one stock argument used to show that science and Catholic dogma are antagonistic. While Galileo's eventual condemnation was certainly unjust a close look at the facts puts to rout almost every aspect of the reigning Galileo legend. Read more... The Galileo Legend - Thomas LesslThe extent to which people are mislead by the Galileo legend first began to dawn on me several years ago when I was teaching a doctoral seminar in the history of rhetoric — my own academic field. Read more... The Gift of Fear - Douglas McManamanTo sweeten the harder points of the Gospel might appear more positive and inviting, but such theology is dangerous and negligent. Read more... The Gospel of Judas - Rev. Thomas Williams, L.C.The National Geographic Society has announced its intentions to publish an English translation of an ancient text called The Gospel of Judas later this month. Read more... The Importance of Christian Names - Father Roger LandryOn January 9, after baptizing 21 infants in the Sistine Chapel on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Pope Benedict captured international headlines for reminding Catholic parents throughout the world that they should be choosing Christian names for their children. Read more... The Inquisition - FR. WILLIAM G. MOSTThis topic is a favorite for attacking the Church. We need to remember two things: 1) Actions are not the same as teachings. 2) The abuses were much less than most people think. Read more... The iPhone App and the Return to Confession - Father Robert BarronThe practice of sacramental confession in the Catholic Church dropped off precipitously and practically overnight about forty years ago. Read more... The John Jay Report - Brad MinerThe headline at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops website: “John Jay College Reports No Single Cause, Predictor of Clergy Abuse” So after all the years, money, and study, are we to conclude there is no conclusion? Read more... The Judas Code - Fr. Raymond de SouzaIn 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. Read more... 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