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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. Updated Read more... Ways out of the Christian ghetto - Joseph WeilerA Jewish scholar reflects on what can reverse the retreat of Christians before militant secularism. Read more... What Gene Robinson means - George WeigelWhile U.S. Episcopalians struggled through a difficult convention in Minneapolis last month, a Baltimore Sun reporter put the following lead on his story: “As they battled over confirmation of the nation’s first openly gay elected bishop — and wrestled with charges that he had engaged in sexual misconduct — a subtle subtext emerged in the public comments of some Episcopal clergy last week: We handle these issues differently than the Roman Catholic Church.” Read more... What Happened AFTER the Feast - Charles ColsonThanksgiving is just about my favorite holiday — a wonderful combination of family, faith, and American-style religious freedom. Read more... What Killed Jesus - Mike AquilinaThe Gospels say little about the business of crucifixion. "And they crucified him" is all St. Mark offers (15:24), with no word of how it was done or how the cross tortured its victim. Read more... What the Church has given the world - Father Andrew Pinsent and Father Marcus HoldenWithout the Roman Catholic Church, there would be no western civilisation. Read more... What the Crusades Were Really Like - Thomas F. MaddenThe Crusaders were not unprovoked aggressors, greedy marauders or medieval colonialists, as portrayed in some history books. Read more... What's behind the human touch - Kathleen ParkerSometimes it takes a scientific study to reveal the obvious. Read more... What’s So Great About Catholicism - H.W. Crocker IIIWith its divine foundation, sanction, and mission, nothing could be more glorious than the Catholic Church. But, of course, many people — even many baptized Catholics — don’t see it that way. Read more... When Life Begins - Robert P. GeorgeWill politics trump science? Read more... Who Burned the Witches? - Sandra MieselThe stench of their burning is with us yet. The stakes and gibbets where witches perished by the tens of thousands during early modern times still stand in popular imagination. For historians, the so-called great European witch-hunt has been a much-vexed issue, one easily contorted to suit the prejudices of every age. Read more... Who Was Santa Claus? - ZENITStill, behind the figure most embodying the commercial nature of Christmas in the minds of the public, we find a humble and saintly Bishop, and a clear Christian message for our times: the need for generosity both towards our neighbors, and towards God. Read more... Why Catholics Like Einstein - George Sim JohnstonIt's difficult to say who turns themselves into the biggest pretzel: creationists trying to fit science into a biblical template, or agnostic scientists trying to avoid the existence of a personal God. An enlightened Catholic view of science must be anchored in the proposition that God delights to work through secondary causes. God concedes an enormous degree of causality to his creation, and we ought to be in awe as science explains more and more of it. At the same time, we ought to remind those who will listen to us that the universe will never finally explain itself. Read more... Why do Catholics leave, and what can be done about it? - Father Robert BarronI saw an advance copy of a survey by William J. Byron and Charles Zech, which will appear in the April 30th edition of America magazine. Read more... Why is the Catholic Church so closed-minded? - Matthew PintoAs Catholic apologist G. K. Chesterton said, the purpose of an open mind, like that of an open mouth, is to close it on something solid. For the mind, that “something solid” is truth. Read more... Why Not Married Priests? The Case for Clerical Celibacy - George Sim JohnstonGeorge Sim Johnston presents a convincing case for maintaining the celibate priesthood. Read more... 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