WASHINGTON, DC-Thirty-five years ago this week, the Catholic Church warned that widespread acceptance of artificial contraception would have profound and negative consequences for the entire world. “Far from being THE instrument of liberation for women, the pill enslaved women and brainwashed an entire generation into thinking that sex is simply a recreational activity devoid of
Given our understanding of marriage and marital love, we can readily see that the most beautiful expression of love in marriage is marital love, or physical love, or sexual intercourse, or conjugal love — whatever term one prefers. Editor's note: This is the second in a six-part series on contraception. Part one Granted, love in
In a world filled, it seems, with “recovering Catholics” telling the world of either their still-simmering rage or now well-adjusted pity for all the pathetic souls still fumbling with their beads back in the pews, it’s nice to see a book come along that’s called, quite simply, I Like Being Catholic. Edited by Michael Leach
This is the second of a two-part series. Click here for Part 1.St. Irenaeus (d. A.D. 200), the bishop of Lyons, Gaul, is one of the great apologists in Catholic history. This eminent theologian addresses Apostolic authenticity: “Matthew also issued among the Hebrews a written Gospel in their own language, while Peter and Paul were
Recently, I received a communication from a film student who was trying to persuade her Protestant Pastor to go see the movie Bruce Almighty. The pastor hesitated because he felt that the portrayal of sin on the screen, although “committed” by fictitious characters, was still, nonetheless, sin. True and False Dichotomies Editor's note: This article
After more than a decade of hard work, Final Solution is about to be released on video and DVD. Director Cris Krusen, who also wrote the film, says there were many times when the project looked as though it might never be made. However, since post-production wrapped up last summer, the film has won numerous
Moby-Dick is a whaling story. Undoubtedly the whaling story. The reader is taken, step-by-step and in minute detail, through each and every activity, through the society, through the geography, and through the economy of a real-life whaling ship. La madre de Nastaya: “Lo más importante en la vida para nosotros es Nastaya y la familia.
Pavel Chichikov is the Poetry Editor of Catholic Exchange. Last week I photographed the ordination of nine young priests. The giant Basilica here in Washington, D.C., was filled with color, light, music – and thousands of well-wishers and family. It was a magnificent gift of visual images for a photographer. I saw the outer ceremony
[Editor's Note: This is Part II of a two part column. Click here to read Part I.] Predicting the future is dangerous, especially when a world-be prophet puts her thoughts in writing. But that's what author Phyllis Tickle did two decades ago when she wrote: “Books are about to become the portable pastors of America.”
Morpheus, a man with circular mirrored glasses, approaches Neo Anderson, a young man who feels something is wrong with the world. “You are a slave, Neo,” the man says. “You, like everyone else, were born into bondage — kept inside a prison that you cannot smell, taste or touch.” Down the Rabbit Hole (Editor's note:
Often I hear Christians complain about the protagonist in a movie because he or she made one or more immoral decisions, and is therefore a poor role model. Another oft heard criticism is that movies are filled with too much on-screen conflict or violence, thus giving audiences the wrong idea about how to resolve problems.
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