Volume 21 Number 5

Issue Date:

September, 2010

Features

By: Francis J. Beckwith

It is a common opinion that government ought to remain neutral on controversial moral issues such as abortion, same-sex marriage, and euthanasia. It is also a common opinion that religious people must check their beliefs at the door before entering public discussion of such issues. Here’s what’s wrong with those arguments.

Celibacy Isn’t the Problem

By: Christopher Kaczor

In our cultural milieu, sexual activity is a healthy, normative part of life: ergo, celibacy must be at the root of sex abuse by priests. (Peculiar logic, indeed!) What the Church’s more strident critics fail to discern is that celibacy is a gift given to those called to serve. The evil was committed by those who were faithful neither to God nor his call to serve souls.

The Forgotten Tales of Gregory the Great

By: Christopher Check

St. Gregory the Great: pope, doctor of the church, man of letters, liturgist, theologian—storyteller? Little known among this great man’s many works are the Dialogues, a series of vignettes illustrating miracles and morals—sort of an early “Holiness for Dummies.” In an unbelieving age, they are worth discovering again.

Was James the Real Leader of the Early Church?

By: Carl Olson

Biblical revisionists, theological progressives, and hard-line Fundamentalists have something in common: They all reject the apostolic authority of the Catholic Church that Christ conferred upon Peter. Was James the true authority figure in the early Church—or does chapter 15 of Acts reinforce the papacy?

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Basic Confusion

By: Cherie Peacock

Letters

A Prisoner Plants Seeds of Faith

Damascus Road

A Muslim Finds Yesus Kristus

By: T.A. Herdian

By the Book

What Is Authentic Christian Love?

By: Jim Blackburn

Eyes to See

The Heart's Darkness

By: Michael Schrauzer

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Patriotism Begins at Home

By: Karl Keating

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