A recent position paper of the Catholic Medical Association and an article in the secular journal Professional Psychology, published last month by the American Psychological Association, make the same point. Both cite current medical research and clinical experiences to conclude that homosexuality is not a fixed characteristic and that motivated patients respond well to therapy.
Called by some the "Satan case," the legal battle in the Bedford, N.Y., public school district earlier this year" raises issues of community values and parental control over a child's education.
School programs which promote the idea that what homosexual couples do in private is a natural healthy alternative lifestyle, misrepresent the facts.
William Coulson, Ph.D. was a close colleague of Carl Rogers. Rogers was one of the three founders of the Human Potential Movement of the l960s.
Protestants dont see why Catholics who come to disagree with essential teachings of the Church dont just leave. The answer is symbolized by the sanctuary lamp. They do not leave the Church because they know that the sacramental fire burns there on the ecclesiastical hearth. Even if they do not see by its light, they want to be warmed by its fire. The real presence of Christ in the Eucharist is a magnet drawing lost sheep home and keeping would-be strays from the deathly snows outside. The Churchs biggest drawing card is not what she teaches, crucial as that is, but who is there. He is here! Therefore I must be here.
Is evolution scientific? Does the evidence support the theory developed and promoted by Charles Darwin and his followers? Let's start by examining the fossil record, often hailed as providing one of the strongest supports for Darwinian evolution.
The following letter by Archbishop Exner, OMI, was sent to The Vancouver Sun, which published it Oct. 1, 2003.
C. S. Lewis was born on this date in 1898, and forty-one years after his death, one thing has become startlingly clear: This Oxford don was not only a keen apologist but also a true prophet for our postmodern age.
Chris Kempling delivered this address on March 4, 2005 in New York City to a United Nations Commission on Human Rights Delegate Briefing. He received a standing ovation.
A recently published review of the scientific literature compiled by George A. Rekers, professor of neuropsychiatry and behavioral science at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine lends strong support to the Church's objection to homosexual parenting, adoption, and foster parenting.