In the summer of 1925, a small town in Tennessee became a hub of intense international interest when famed defence lawyer Clarence Darrow squared off against progressive politician William Jennings Bryan over a Tennessee law that forbade the teaching of the theory of evolution in schools. The really interesting part this story is the difference between what actually happened and how the case was presented later, particularly in the stage play and movie, Inherit the Wind.

The Catholic Church has been a vigorous proponent in international settings of social and economic justice for women. This article provides evidence of an enviable historical record of concern for women by the Church.

Many have unwittingly embraced the myth that Galileo Galilei, a 17th-century Italian astronomer, discovered the heliocentricity of the solar system and, because his discovery conflicted with Catholic teaching, was tortured until he recanted. All this is pure fabrication.

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 weve 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.

More 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.

The gay-activist movement is finding its way into more and more schools promoting destructive behavior under the guise of tolerance. How can you ensure that the truth gets a fair hearing?

Self-esteem is a deeply secular concept, and not one with which Christians should be particularly involved.

The prejudice of prejudices dominant at the end of the century is against Christianity in general, and the message of the Catholic Church in particular and concerns the temptation to reduce the Gospel to an ethical system, complete with prohibitions and impersonal precepts, but devoid of love.

There are actually three forms of multiculturalism, two of which are antithetical to the Catholic worldview.

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.