This is an index of all files in the EWTN "Current Issues" Document Library as of 6/14/2007 sorted by library and titleLIBRARY - FILENAME - TITLE AUTHOR DESCIPTION 1. Current Issues - GAYHAWAI.TXT - 'Gay' Marriage: Hawaiian Test Case Forces Debate David Morrison Sometime this year, if court prognosticators have read their briefs correctly, a court in Hawaii will likely rule that it is unconstitutional for that state to forbid marriage between people of the same sex. When that happens, it will stir an enormous debate within American culture and politics. States, one by one, will have to decide where they stand on marriage and whether to recognize Hawaiian marriages. This article appeared in the April 1996 issue of "HLI Reports." 2. Current Issues - FR94305.TXT - 'Homophobia' at Seton Hall University: Sociology in Defense of the Faith Joseph A. Varacalli, Ph.D. This article was taken from the Fall 1994 issue of "Faith & Reason". 3. Current Issues - FR94305.ZIP - 'Homophobia' at Seton Hall University: Sociology in Defense of the Faith Joseph A. Varacalli, Ph.D. This article was taken from the Fall 1994 issue of "Faith & Reason". 4. Current Issues - CANADIE.TXT - 'Right-to-Die' Advocates Pushing Hard In Canada David Morrison Canadian doctors who refuse to kill their handicapped or debilitated patients could face discrimination charges if euthanasia death peddlers get their way. 5. Current Issues - DIVIRELA.TXT - 'Yes' Vote On Divorce Heralds A Secularized Ireland David Manly A mere 9,000 votes-less than 1 per cent of the 1.5 million votes cast-was all that separated victory from defeat in Ireland's 24 November divorce referendum. The divorce issue has manifested the deep divide in Ireland between the modernizers who want Ireland to join the liberal consensus of the West, and those who still value the Faith and traditions of their ancestors. Taken from the January 1996 issue of 'HLI Reports.' 6. Current Issues - BIORSP12.HTM - 1952 Adress by Pope Pius XII to the Medical Community Prof. Gonzalo Herranz Rodriguez Professor Rodrigez, of the Pontifical Academy for Life, and Chairman of the Department of Biomedical Humanities of the University of Navarre, recalls a pronouncement by Pope Pius XII on the moral limits of biomedical research, recalling moral norms by which scientific initiatives must be guided, for the benefit of the individual as well as for the community. SCIENCE PERSON NUREMBERG CODE HELSINKI DECLARATION 7. Current Issues - z2parents.htm - 2-Parent Families and Poverty ZENIT The social impact of marriage is at the center of debates in many countries. Same-sex marriage, divorce, unmarried mothers and other issues divide public opinion. The journal The Future of Children dedicated its summer issue to the theme "Marriage and Child Well-being" and sheds light on the problems. FAMILY MARRIAGE PENALTY CRIME FATHERS 8. Current Issues - ZADOLSAT.HTM - 5 Phases of an Adolescent's Slide Into Satanism ZENIT In an interview with ZENIT, Italian journalist and writer Carlo Climati describes how certain rock music, internet groups, adolescent curiosity, and moral relativism open doors to satanism for adolescents, and proposes ways to detect and prevent it. OCCULT ESOTERICISM SATANIC ROCK 9. Current Issues - Z90MILFE.HTM - 90 Million Missing Females, and a $45 Trillion Gap ZENIT While the United Nations and family planning groups continue in their efforts to lower birthrates, several recent books have drawn attention to the severe economic and social problems linked to having too few children. Topics in this ZENIT summary include the impact of sex-selection on Asian populations and of aging populations on the economy worldwide. CULTURE CHINA INDIA TAXES ECONOMY 10. Current Issues - CASECENS.TXT - A Case for Censorship Thomas Storck Thomas Storck defends censorship and why it can sometimes be a necessity. Taken from the May 1996 issue of the "New Oxford Review." 11. Current Issues - ETHICDOC.TXT - A Doctor Looks at Medical Ethics Mary Arnold A review of the book, 'Ethics for Doctors, Nurses and Patients,' by H.P. Dunn, M.D. This is a good book for priests, medical students and new doctors. Taken from the November 6, 1994 issue of 'Catholic Twin Circle.' ARNOLD DOCTORS MEDICAL ETHICS BOOK REVIEW 12. Current Issues - FLAWED.TXT - A Flawed Translation? Peter Roman Some in Rome say the English-language translation of John Paul's unprecedented 1994 best-seller, 'Crossing the Threshold of Hope', leaves much to be desired. Peter Roman explores this accusation. Taken from the December 1994 issue of 'Inside the Vatican.' ROMAN JOHN PAUL II CROSSING HOPE TRANSLATION 13. Current Issues - GENDGAP.TXT - A Gender Gap in the Church? Fr. Jay Scott Newman A priest reflects on the growing thirst for sound doctrine in the Church and among younger priests. 14. Current Issues - zreligplural.htm - A Guide in an Age of Religious Pluralism ZENIT Christianity does not belong to Christians, but rather is the property of Christ, "who wills to save everyone," says Father José Galindo Rodrigo. An Augustinian Recollect, who teaches theological anthropology at the University of Valencia, Father José shared some of his insights with ZENIT. INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE 15. Current Issues - ZVEGET.HTM - A Patient in a Vegetative State Is a Human Person ZENIT The "vegetative state" is a pejorative term which implies lack of humanity, warns Dr. Gian Luigi Gigli, president of the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations. In a ZENIT interview, Dr. Gigli explains the Church's position on the care of persons who are wakeful, but apparently unaware of their surroundings, and who need to be fed. The Jewish perspective is also reviewed. EUTHANASIA 16. Current Issues - ZFEMBIB.HTM - A Return to the Female Biblical Role ZENIT Mary Ellen Bork, writer, lecturer and wife of retired federal judge Robert Bork, shared with ZENIT the need for modern women to reclaim their God-given role in society, and to reject the defective anthropology and misguided ideas of feminism. BIBLE SCRIPTURE CULTURE SECULAR LIBERALISM ABORTION SEXUALITY 17. Current Issues - ZRYCHLAK.HTM - A Righteous Gentile Defends Pius XII ZENIT From ZENIT, a piece on Pope Pius XII by University of Mississippi law professor Ron Rychlak. The author of "Hitler, the War and the Pope," Rychlak counters the charge that the Pope was not involved in Catholic efforts to save the Jews by producing an eyewitness, Tibor Baranski, executive secretary of the Jewish Protection Movement of the Holy See in Hungary during World War II, and honored by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Gentile. HOLOCAUST NAZIS HITLER 18. Current Issues - CHILDRIT.TXT - A Threat to America: the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child Charles Francis November/December 1993 issue of the 'Population Research Institute Review'. Alarming article about Hillary Clinton's views on children's rights. PRI Review is published bi-monthly by: The Population Research Institute, P.O. Box 2024, Baltimore, MD 21298-9559, 301-670-1864. CHILDREN'S RIGHTS HILLARY CLINTON UN FAMILY CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND 19. Current Issues - ZHOLYCRO.HTM - A Triumph-of-the-Cross Homily From County Cork ZENIT A national day of mourning in Ireland for victims of the terrorist attacks, 9 Sept 2001, in the U.S. brought this homily by Bishop John Magee of Cloyne, in County Cork. IRISH DIGNITY TERRORISM 20. Current Issues - ZABSTWIS.HTM - Abstinence Education Shows Its Wisdom ZENIT Despite increasing evidence that sex education programs promoting abstinence are more effective in reducing teen pregnancy, abstinence education still receives only a fraction of the federal funds supplied for programs stressing condom use. This ZENIT report shows the resistance met by an abstinence-only approach to reducing "sexual risk-taking behaviors." TEEN-AGE PREGNANCY ABORTION SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE 21. Current Issues - zathvrel.htm - Age of Atheism or Religious Revival? ZENIT The notion of holiness can seem boring to modern man, but in reality it is the greatest adventure of human existence, says Legionary Father Thomas D. Williams, dean of theology at Rome's Regina Apostolorum university. He spoke with ZENIT about the state of religion and spirituality in Western society. TRUST ENLIGHTENMENT SCIENTISM 22. Current Issues - ZALICEVN.HTM - Alice Von Hildebrandt on Feminism and Femininity ZENIT Alice Von Hildebrand, author of "The Privilege of Being a Woman" (Sapientia) and a philosopher in her own right, shared with ZENIT how every woman can find supernatural strength in what feminism perceives as her weakness and look to Mary as a model of perfect femininity. SECULARISM WIFE MOTHER MARRIAGE NATURE SUPERNATURE 23. Current Issues - AMERICAN.TXT - Americanism: Then and Now Russell Shaw The Vatican spoke out authoritatively almost a century ago, but the lessons drawn from the American experience remain crucial for the Church today. This article appeared in the May 1995 issue of 'The Catholic World Report.' SHAW AMERICA AMERICANISM TESTEM BENEVOLENTIAE LEO XIII 24. Current Issues - BRUSKEWI.TXT - An Interview With Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz Paul Likoudis Bishop Fabian W. Bruskewitz of Lincoln issued a formal warning to Catholics who belong to groups which are opposed to the Catholic Church that they are in danger of excommunication. This 25. Current Issues - ZUGLUCIA.HTM - An Interview With Dr. Zugibe Steve Mahowald This article from The Wanderer is an abridged version of a piece that appeared in September/October 2003 issue of Catholic News & Commentary. Dr. Zugibe, a medical professor and expert in forensic medicine, recently visited Sr. Lucia, the seer of Fatima, and asked her whether Russia had been consecrated to the Immaculate Heart, by John Paul II, according to Our Lady's instruction. CRUCIFIXION GRUNER 26. Current Issues - PRSTSLIF.HTM - An Urgent Message for Lawmakers, Voters, and Those Running for Public Office Fr Frank Pavone On Tuesday, 18 July 2000, Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, met with the press at the National Press Club, to restate the Catholic position against abortion and to outline the program of Priests for Life to inform the people and their leaders of the moral implications of abortion. Included is the full-page ad placed by Priests for Life in the New York Times on Friday, 21 July. 27. Current Issues - ZANGELS.HTM - Angels ZENIT On a visit to Rome, Basilian Father Thomas Rosica, the chief organizer of World Youth Day 2002 in Toronto, spoke to ZENIT (in a 2-part article) about the significance of angels in contemporary culture, in Catholic theology and in Christian life. NEW AGE THOMAS AQUINAS GUARDIAN ANGELS CHRISTMAS 28. Current Issues - ANTISEM.TXT - Anti-Semitism & Our Common Future Neuhaus from the June/July 1995 issue of 'First Things.' NEUHAUS ANTISEMITISM JEWS 29. Current Issues - ANTISEM.ZIP - Anti-Semitism & Our Common Future Neuhaus from the June/July 1995 issue of 'First Things.' NEUHAUS ANTISEMITISM JEWS 30. Current Issues - SPRINGTM.TXT - Apostolic Letter Anticipates New Springtime of Christian Life VIS Article from the Vatican Information Service summarizing Pope John Paul II's new Apostolic Letter, Tertio Millennio Adveniente'. JOHN PAUL II MILLENNIUM 2000 JUBILEE 31. Current Issues - FROMWAR.TXT - Are We Really Serious When We Ask God to Deliver Us from War? The Catechism and the Challenge of Pope John Paul II William L. Portier Does our present disjunction between just-war and pacifist approaches to this issue reflect uncritically the sort of extrinsicist theology of nature and grace characteristic of the modern period? This article was taken from the Spring 1996 issue of "Communio: International Catholic Review". 32. Current Issues - FROMWAR.ZIP - Are We Really Serious When We Ask God to Deliver Us from War? The Catechism and the Challenge of Pope John Paul II William L. Portier Does our present disjunction between just-war and pacifist approaches to this issue reflect uncritically the sort of extrinsicist theology of nature and grace characteristic of the modern period? This article was taken from the Spring 1996 issue of "Communio: International Catholic Review". 33. Current Issues - RU486.HTM - As Fruits of the Same Tree: The Abortifacient Nature of the So-called 'Morning-after Pill' Maria Di Pietro Shows the close connection between contraception and abortion. The "morning-after pill" is abortifacient, in preventing the implantation of embryos in the uterine wall. PREGNANCY CONTRACEPTIVES SEXUALITY INNOCENT 34. Current Issues - ABOMCRIM.TXT - Assisted Suicide Is Abominable Crime Fr. Gino Concetti, O.F.M. Legalization of euthanasia in Australia's Northern Territory adds a monstrous chapter to human history. Taken from the July 10, 1996 issue of "L'Osservatore Romano." 35. Current Issues - ABOMCRIM.ZIP - Assisted Suicide Is Abominable Crime Fr. Gino Concetti, O.F.M. Legalization of euthanasia in Australia's Northern Territory adds a monstrous chapter to human history. Taken from the July 10, 1996 issue of "L'Osservatore Romano." 36. Current Issues - AUSCHINA.TXT - Australia's Unjust Legislation on Chinese Refugees Rita M. Joseph This article deals with the Australian Government's policy in regards to the handling of Chinese refugees and their refusal to accept those fleeing from persecution. Focuses on the forced abortion policy of China. JOSEPH AUSTRALIA CHINA REFUGEES BOLKUS 37. Current Issues - STEALTH.TXT - Baby-Killing Vaccine: Is It Being Stealth Tested? James A. Miller Is the World Health Organization deliberately contaminating tetanus vaccine with hCG? HCG when introduced into the body coupled with tetanus toxoid causes antibodies to form against hCG causing miscarriages in women who subsequently get pregnant.Taken from the June/July 1995 issue of 'HLI Reports.' MILLER WHO HCG TETANUS VACCINATION ABORTION 38. Current Issues - BADWORSE.TXT - Bad Becomes Worse P. H. Mullen A new eugenics law and reinvigorated population-control program combine to spell disaster for Chinese Catholics. This article appeared in the April 1995 issue of 'The Catholic World Report.' MULLEN CHINA POPULATION CONTROL CATHOLICS 39. Current Issues - MEDJVAT.HTM - Ban on Medjugorje Tours EWTN The Holy See's News Director clarifies the status of Medjugorje, in light of recent letters of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to bishops who had requested information. 40. Current Issues - ZBELLOC.HTM - Belloc Would Not Have Been Surprised at Sept. 11 ZENIT Father James Schall, a professor at Georgetown University in the Department of Government, is an expert on the Catholic essayist and historian, Hilaire Belloc. In an interview with ZENIT, Fr Schall shared some of Belloc's thoughts that shed light on the European Union's refusal to acknowledge its Christian roots and the theological outlook of Islam. MUSLIM TERRORISM PROSELYTISM HISTORY CULTURE DISTRIBUTISM JEWS 41. Current Issues - biolidgeo.htm - Biological Identity v. Geographical Boundaries Bishop Elio Sgreccia and Carol Casini Bishop Elio Sgreccia, President, Pontifical Academy for Life, and Carlo Casini, Member of the same Academy, examine a decision by the European Court of Human Rights, that the right to life recognized by the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights cannot be invoked for protection of an embryo, except in countries where protection has been accorded in written laws. The implication is that no human rights are inherent in human nature, but only a product of consensus. In effect, might makes right. ARTIFICIAL FERTILIZATION PERSON DIGNITY POSITIVE LAW ABORTION HUMAN BEING FATHER MOTHER 42. Current Issues - BURKELET.HTM - Bishop Burke Releases Pastoral Letter, Notification on Political Responsibility Dan Rossini Dan Rossini, Editor of The Catholic Times, official newspaper of the Diocese of La Crosse, gives the import of two documents published by Bishop Raymond Burke, a Pastoral Letter and a Canonical Notification, on Catholic responsibility to uphold the dignity of life, whether as legislators or private citizens. ABORTION EUTHANASIA POLITICS PERSON NATURAL MORAL LAW 43. Current Issues - KEATING.TXT - Bishop Keating Issues Pastoral on Morality and Conscience Michael F. Flach Bishop Keating's 'Pastoral Letter on Morality and Conscience' released Sept. 17, the Feast of St. Robert Bellarmine, is the fifth pastoral letter he has written since being installed as the second bishop of Arlington in August 1983. This article appeared in the September 15, 1994 issue of 'The Arlington Catholic Herald.' KEATING FLACH PASTORAL MORALITY CONSCIENCE 44. Current Issues - ZCITIZEN.HTM - Bishop Wuerl on Faithful Citizenship in 2004 Election ZENIT Bishop Donald Wuerl of Pittsburgh, in a two-part ZENIT interview, asks Catholic voters to refocus on the vision of the common good, that "we are not just individuals but part of a wider community." And the "primary issue that our nation faces is the question of who has authority over human life." ABORTION POLITICS RIGHTS COMPETITION EDUCATION POLITICAL PARTIES SOCIAL JUSTICE ANTI-CATHOLICISM SLAVERY MEDIA DIGNITY PERSON 45. Current Issues - BLACKMUN.TXT - Blackmun and the Temple of Doom Dr. Thomas Droleskey Drosleskey writes about Justice Blackmun's part in making Roe v Wade the law of the land. This article appeared in the April 21, 1994 issue of the Arlington Catholic Herald. SUPREME COURT BLACKMUN ABORTION ROE V WADE DROLESKEY 46. Current Issues - CTOA20.ZIP - Call to Action Turns Twenty: From Bicentennial Celebration to Excommunication E. Michael Jones An examination of the fundamental beliefs, attitudes and motivations of the Call to Action movement in its 20th anniversay year, 1996. Taken from the December 1996 issue of Culture Wars. 47. Current Issues - CTOA20.TXT - Call to Action Turns Twenty: From Bicentennial Celebration to Excommunication E. Michael Jones An examination of the fundamental beliefs, attitudes and motivations of the Call to Action movement in its 20th anniversay year, 1996. Taken from the December 1996 issue of Culture Wars. 48. Current Issues - ZEMBADOP.HTM - Can Embryos Be Adopted? ZENIT As stockpiles of frozen embryos grow, so does the debate regarding what should be done with them and for them. For an overview of the issue, ZENIT interviewed moral theologian Father Thomas Williams, dean of theology at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical University. It should be noted that this article is offered as one perspective on an issue on which even orthodox theologians disagree, and on which the Magisterium has not issued a judgment. EMBRYO ADOPTION RESCUE IN VITRO FERTILIZATION IVF 49. Current Issues - zcaneuth.htm - Canada's Push for Euthanasia ZENIT The disabled and dying need true compassion, not premature death, says the director of the Catholic Organization for Life and Family. The so-called right to die could become a duty to die, warns the director. In this interview, Michèle Boulva spoke with ZENIT about the growing pressure to spread euthanasia in Canada. ASSISTED SUICIDE SUFFERING PAIN DIGNITY 50. Current Issues - zblacklegend.htm - Cardinal Bertone on Pius XII Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone At the presentation of a book by Andrea Tornielli, "Pio XII: Un Uomo Sul Trono di Pietro" (Pius XII: A Man on the Throne of Peter), Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone addressed the "black legend," that Pius the XII had kept silent in the face of Nazi atrocities against the Jews. Cardinal Bertone's speech is translated by ZENIT in three parts. ANTI-SEMITISM SECOND WORLD WAR 51. Current Issues - ZDULCOM.HTM - Cardinal Dulles on Communion and Pro-Abortion Politicians ZENIT Cardinal Dulles, Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University, shared with ZENIT what important steps need to be taken to defend human life, protect the sacraments, uphold the teachings of the Church and respond to pro-abortion politicians. POLITICS ABORTION EUTHANASIA STEM-CELLS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM LIBERTY COMMUNION EXCOMMUNICATION 52. Current Issues - ZCONDUSE.HTM - Cardinal Expands Debate on Condom Use ZENIT Regarding the media debate concerning the Church and AIDS, Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán says that the central message of the Church goes much deeper than whether or not condoms are to be used. In this interview with ZENIT, the president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers articulates the Church's pastoral proposal to prevent and combat AIDS. HIV ABSTINENCE 53. Current Issues - DISSIDEN.TXT - Catholic Dissidents Mary Jo Anderson A survey and critque of the positions, history and purposes of a dissident organization, The Association of the Rights of Catholic in the Church (ARCC). This article appeared in the September 1996 issue of "Crisis" magazine. 54. Current Issues - CLSURVEY.TXT - Catholic League Survey Yields Surprising Results Henry V. King The survey of American Catholics taken by the Catholic League, showed, in contrast to other polls, that a majority of Catholics 51.8%, attend Mass every Sunday, with almost 80% of senior citizens 65 years and over, going to Mass once a week or more. This article was taken from the June 22, 1995 issue of 'The Wanderer.' CATHOLIC LEAGUE SURVEY AMERICA POLL 55. Current Issues - ZSCNDSSA.HTM - Catholic Psychiatrists Look at Roots of U.S. Scandals ZENIT In the wake of the clerical sex abuse scandals, a group of psychiatrists from the Pewaukee, Wisconsin-based Catholic Medical Association sent an open letter to the U.S. bishops, analyzing the causes of same-sex attraction, and offering recommendations for avoidance of future problems of this sort among the clergy. HOMOSEXUAL SSA PSYCHOLOGY PEDOPHILIA EPHEBOPHILIA GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER GID CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE CSA SEMINARY SEMINARIANS ETHICS MORAL RELATIVISM PROPORTIONALISM SITUATIONAL COURAGE 56. Current Issues - captpunish.htm - Catholicism & Capital Punishment Cardinal Avery Dulles, S.J. This essay by Cardinal Dulles presents the Church's perennial teaching on the State's right to inflict the death penalty, as well as prudential considerations weighing against the exercise of that right. The essay was adapted for First Things magazine from a McGinley Lecture delivered by the Cardinal in New York City. MOSAIC LAW CANON CATECHISM RIGHT TO LIFE REHABILITATION DEFENSE DETERRENCE RETRIBUTION EVANGELIUM VITAE 57. Current Issues - ZMULTICU.HTM - Catholicism's Antidote to Multiculturalism ZENIT In the face of a much ballyhooed multiculturalism, Catholicism is distinct in its insistence on the priority of an authoritative moral community not of one's own choosing. That's according to Christopher Shannon, a Jacques Maritain Center research associate and former associate director at the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame. CULTURE INDIVIDUALISM AFRICAN-AMERICANS LIBERALISM 58. Current Issues - CATHVIET.TXT - Catholics in Vietnam Still on a Short Leash William Bole The U.S. may be opening up an embassy in Hanoi, but most doors remain closed for Vietnamese believers. This article was taken from the July 30, 1995 issue of Our Sunday Visitor. VIETNAM CATHOLICS HUMAN RIGHTS 59. Current Issues - ANIMALS.HTM - Causing Animals Needless Suffering Is Contrary to Human Dignity Marie Hendrickx The writer shows how man's superiority to animals in no way warrants mistreatment of them. Animal experimentation is justified only when human betterment is clearly indicated. In general, mankind benefits from kindness to animals, which tends to awaken "sentiments of admiration" for the Creator. ANIMAL RIGHTS VIVISECTION ECOLOGY 60. Current Issues - CELIPROB.TXT - CELIBACY ISN'T THE PROBLEM Cardinal John J. O'Connor 'It's remarkable how determined some media and other people are that we priests should be married.' Taken from the Friday, 18 August, 1995 issue of 'The Irish Family'. 61. Current Issues - zconvertsisl.htm - Challenges of Christian Converts From Islam ZENIT Converts from Islam to Christianity pose a challenge for governments to ensure freedom of religion — and their witness is also a challenge to the Church itself. So says Giorgio Paolucci, editor in chief of the Italian Catholic newspaper Avvenire. Here is an excerpt of an interview Paolucci gave to ZENIT. MUSLIMS KORAN CONVERSION 62. Current Issues - CHESTER.TXT - Chesterton's Wit Gives Catholics A Rule of Action Paul Likoudis Summary of the two-day conference celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Chesterton Review. CHESTERTON LIKOUDIS REVIEW 63. Current Issues - CHESSHAW.TXT - Chesterton-Shaw Debate Speaks to the Present Crisis Fr. Ian Boyd C.S.B. An article about the re-enactment of a debate between Chesterton and Shaw. Also gives information about the Chesterton Society. This article was taken from the January 19, 1995 issue of 'The Wanderer.' BOYD CHESTERTON SHAW DEBATE SOCIETY 64. Current Issues - zconscritical.htm - Christian Conscience on the Critical List Father John Flynn In this article, Fr. John Flynn shows how the right of doctors, pharmacists and hospitals to not provide treatments that violate their moral principles is increasingly under threat. The issues involved in this area were examined by the Pontifical Academy for Life, in a congress entitled "The Christian Conscience in Support of the Right to Life," held 23-24 Feb. 2007. ABORTION CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION EUTHANASIA EMBRIONIC CELL RESEARCH TUBAL LIGATIONS IVF 65. Current Issues - CHRISECO.TXT - Christian Ecology Stratford Caldecott An interesting article taken from the August-September issue of "The Catholic World Report." Stratford Caldecott distinguishes between the political ideologies of environmentalism and the Christian tradition of stewardship and respect for the created world. 66. Current Issues - CHRISECO.ZIP - Christian Ecology Stratford Caldecott An interesting article taken from the August-September issue of "The Catholic World Report." Stratford Caldecott distinguishes between the political ideologies of environmentalism and the Christian tradition of stewardship and respect for the created world. 67. Current Issues - zneolib.htm - Christian Judgment on Neo-liberalism Rodney Moss Here is the text of an address given by professor Rodney Moss, of St. Augustine College, Johannesburg, S.A., at a theologians videoconference. The videoconference, 31 October 2006, was organized by the Vatican Congregation for Clergy. ECONOMICS CONSUMER GLOBALISM COMMON GOOD 68. Current Issues - zchunity.htm - Christian Unity and the East-West Divide ZENIT To avoid an East-West conflict it is necessary for all Christians to unite, says the secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. In this interview with ZENIT, Bishop Brian Farrell, who represented the Holy See at the 9th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (2006) in Brazil, addresses the topic of ecumenism. EASTERN ORTHODOXY MUSLIM ISLAM INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE SECTS 69. Current Issues - ZISLMLEB.HTM - Christians in Lebanon Face Challenges of Islamization ZENIT The Christians of Lebanon are a model of ecumenical cooperation without parallel in the world. Orthodox and Catholics (mostly Maronite, Syrian, and Byzantine rites) work and live together in harmony. Bishop Joseph Flavien Melki of the Syrian Catholic Church was interviewed on the situation in Lebanon by "Kirche in Not" during a recent visit to Munich. INTERRELIGIOUS FREEDOM 70. Current Issues - ZFORTUNE.HTM - Church in Seville Warns About TV Fortunetellers ZENIT This short article reviews the Church's stance against using occult means to gain knowledge of the future instead of relying on divine Providence. WITCH TAROT PALMISTRY HOROSCOPE ASTROLOGY MAGIC 71. Current Issues - ZAMEREUR.HTM - Church-State Relations in America and Europe ZENIT In a three-part ZENIT interview, Robert Kraynak, professor of political science at Colgate University and author of "Christian Faith and Modern Democracy: God and Politics in the Fallen World" (Notre Dame), explains (1) how civil religion prevented a totally secular democracy from arising in America for nearly 200 years, and how it might be a good model for other nations; (2) how the United States and Europe have taken different paths in church-state relations and what roadblocks the respective nations have faced; and (3) how, despite tensions, Catholics have contributed to the vitality of American democracy by keeping alive the natural law tradition of the American founding that most Protestants never fully appreciated and that modern skeptics now denigrate. NATURAL RIGHTS RATZINGER PLURALISM MUSLIMS ENLIGHTENMENT AMERICANISM CALVINISM 72. Current Issues - zcivrespons.htm - Civil Responsibility of Catholics Father John Flynn Christians have a right to make their voices heard on political and civil issues. This was one of the points made by Benedict XVI in his address to the Roman Curia on Dec. 22. After commenting on why the Church is opposed to legalizing marriage for same-sex couples, the Pope defended the right of the faithful, and the Church itself, to speak out on this issue. As reported by ZENIT, Father Flynn gives an overview of the Holy Father's statements on faith in the public arena. POLITICS SECULARITY SECULARISM MORAL LAW RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 73. Current Issues - zcohabit.htm - Cohabitation: a Recipe for Marital Ruin ZENIT Living together is an increasingly popular option in many countries. But it can involve high social and emotional costs, says Ann-Marie Ambert, of the Ottawa-based Vanier Institute of the Family. In new study, she brings together the results of hundreds of research papers that examined the social, emotional and financial effects of cohabitation and marriage on men, women, children and society. DIVORCE CHILDREN SINGLE MOTHERS COMMITMENT STABILITY 74. Current Issues - ZSCANDSP.HTM - Commencing Badly: Scandalous Speakers at Catholic Graduations ZENIT In light of the number of actively pro-abortion speakers invited to give commencement addresses at Catholic colleges and universities in Spring of 2003, Patrick Reilly, president of the Cardinal Newman Society shared with ZENIT why a college's choice of graduation speakers is an indicator about how it understands its own Catholic identity. EX CORDE ECCLESIAE EDUCATION 75. Current Issues - ADVNCDIR.HTM - Commentary on Advance Directives Concerning Treatment Prof. Giuseppe Dalla Torre Prof. Dalla Torre explains the published opinion of the Italian National Bioethics Committee, on "whether a person should express in advance one's own wishes regarding unwanted treatment, in the case of no longer being able to express informed consent due to illness or injury." The Committee's opinion is that such directives are legitimate under certain closely defined conditions. MEDICINE EUTHANASIA INFORMED CONSENT NUTRITION HYDRATION 76. Current Issues - COMENWOM.HTM - Commentary on the Relationship Between Men and Women Prof. Jutta Burggraf According to Prof. Burggraf, of the University of Navarre, "Human sexuality implies a clear orientation to the other. It shows that human fullness is to be found precisely in this relationship, in existing-for-the-other. It is an incentive to come out of oneself, to seek the other and to delight in his or her presence. It is like the seal of the God of love as an intrinsic part of the very structure of the human person." GENDER FEMINISM PROCREATION COMPLEMENTARITY COLLABORATION 77. Current Issues - CATHFEM.HTM - Commentary: Catholic Feminism vs Equality Feminism Prof. Janne Haaland Matlary Prof. Matlary, of the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, compares "Catholic feminist" view, that men and women are equal in dignity and personhood, yet profoundly different, with the "equality feminist" view, that women must act like men, in order to obtain their share of male power. And there is the crux of the issue. In striving to be like men, they neglect their own special gift, which is the humanizing influence they have on society, through their role as mother in the family. MOTHERHOOD SELF-GIVING CHILDREN COMPLEMENTARITY SUBSIDIARITY INDIVIDUALISM UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 78. Current Issues - GENDFEM.HTM - Commentary: The Problem of Gender Feminism Dale O'Leary Dale O'Leary surveys the most influential of feminist studies over the past 30 years, which purport to show that the only significant differences between men and women are differences in gender (socially conditioned) rather than sex (naturally determined). He documents the unscientific nature of these studies and the deleterious effect of their unwarranted conclusions on the advancement of women. FEMINISM MOTHERHOOD FATHERHOOD MARRIAGE FAMILY GAY LESBIAN ADOPTION SAME-SEX PARENTING 79. Current Issues - COMLIB.TXT - Communion and Liberation: Crusaders for Catholic Integrity Antonio Gaspari From "Inside the Vatican": In their insistence on an absolute union between life and faith, members of the polemical movement Communion and Liberation censure modern culture, involve themselves in politics, and manage substantial business concerns. 80. Current Issues - COMLIB.ZIP - Communion and Liberation: Crusaders for Catholic Integrity Antonio Gaspari From "Inside the Vatican": In their insistence on an absolute union between life and faith, members of the polemical movement Communion and Liberation censure modern culture, involve themselves in politics, and manage substantial business concerns. 81. Current Issues - SJUSTWAR.TXT - Conditions of A Just War Bishop Fulton J. Sheen Chapter 4 of Bishop's Sheen's book, 'A Declaration of Dependence.' SHEEN JUST WAR 82. Current Issues - zconconun.htm - Condom Conundrums ZENIT Critics continue to assail the Catholic Church's refusal to endorse condom use in treating the AIDS problem. Yet statistics show that, in Africa, the greater the proportion of a population is Catholic, the lower the proportion is infected with HIV. ABSTINENCE HIV/AIDS 83. Current Issues - SMITHAB.TXT - Cong. Smith on Partial-Birth Abortions Rep. Chris Smith, MC This file contains Congressman Christopher Smith's historic speech before the House during the debate on partial-birth abortions. This debate marks the first time that abortion techniques have been discussed on the House floor. D&X D&E 84. Current Issues - NATIONID.TXT - Congress Poised To Mandate Government Registration and Tracking of All Americans National Center for Home Education Imagine an America in which every citizen is required to carry a biometrically-encoded identification card as a precondition for conducting business. Imagine having your retina scanned every time you need to prove your identification. Imagine carrying a card containing your entire medical, academic, social, and financial history. Now, imagine that bureaucrats, police officers, and social workers have access under certain circumstances to the information on your card. 85. Current Issues - EDLAW.TXT - Congress Will Require Home Schoolers To Be Certified Teachers Michael P. Farris Summary of H.R. 6, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Prepared by Michael P. Farris, Esq., President, Home School Legal Defense Association. CONGRESS LAW EDUCATION H.R.6 FARRIS HOME SCHOOL TEACHERS CERTIFICATION 86. Current Issues - zdevcountries.htm - Conscience in Developing Countries Cardinal Ivan Dias Here is the intervention delivered by Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, at the international congress of the Pontifical Academy of Life on conscience. The congress, entitled "The Christian Conscience in Support of the Right to Life," was held 23-24 February 2007 in Rome. GLOBALIZATION AIDS ABORTION 87. Current Issues - CONSELIB.TXT - Conservative Bishops, Liberal Results James Hitchcock For more than a decade, journalists have commented regularly on Pope John Paul's apparent desire to appoint more 'conservative' bishops in the United States. Yet despite promises of a 'counter-reformation,' the liberal trend continues. James Hitchcock, a leading Catholic scholar and journalist, examines that paradox. This article appeared in the May 1995 issue of 'The Catholic World Report.' HITCHCOCK CONSERVATIVE LIBERAL BISHOPS VATICAN 88. Current Issues - CONSELIB.ZIP - Conservative Bishops, Liberal Results James Hitchcock For more than a decade, journalists have commented regularly on Pope John Paul's apparent desire to appoint more 'conservative' bishops in the United States. Yet despite promises of a 'counter-reformation,' the liberal trend continues. James Hitchcock, a leading Catholic scholar and journalist, examines that paradox. This article appeared in the May 1995 issue of 'The Catholic World Report.' HITCHCOCK CONSERVATIVE LIBERAL BISHOPS VATICAN 89. Current Issues - CONTEMPL.HTM - Contemplation and Controversy Jean Danielou In an article from August 1968, the author showed the mindlessness of endless controversy (fomented by some intellectuals of the "youth movement"), which does not distinguish between what is essential, in the Church and society, and what stands in need of reform. UNIVERSITY STUDENTS REVOLUTION AGGIORNAMENTO. 90. Current Issues - CONTRASS.TXT - Contracepting Social Security W. Patrick Cunningham Discusses the demographics of the Social Security system and how the only thing that can save it is a return to a birth rate of 3.5. Taken from the July/August 1996 issue of "Culture Wars". 91. Current Issues - ZPIUS12A.HTM - Cornwell's Pope: A Nasty Caricature of a Noble and Saintly Man ZENIT In light of the recent controversy provoked by the promotion of John Cornwell's new book: "Hitler's Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII," ZENIT has obtained an exclusive point by point rebuttal from one of the most respected authorities on the Catholic Church and the Second World War, Dr. Peter Gumpel, S.J. He is postulator of the cause for beatification of Pius XII and has carried out years of extensive research on the life and historical facts surrounding the person and pontificate of Pope Pacelli. HOLOCAUST SHOAH JEWS JUDAISM GERMANY 92. Current Issues - DAVICODE.HTM - Critical Reviews of The Da Vinci Code Various The Da Vinci Code, a bestselling work of fiction, has encouraged doubt in the minds of many Christians by its radical departure from the Church's teaching on Christ, coupled with a claim to serious scholarship. As these reviews indicate, that claim has little foundation in fact. ARTIST GNOSTICISM FEMINISM APOLOGETICS HOLY GRAIL TEMPLARS BIBLE 93. Current Issues - ZVOTFCRT.HTM - Critique of Voice of the Faithful ZENIT Several priests in the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, sent out a pastoral letter to parishioners, to clarify the nature of Voice of the Faithful, a group that gained attention in the wake of the clergy sex-abuse scandals. This is a reprint of the letter. ABORTION ORDINATION WOMEN PAPACY CULTURE LAITY 94. Current Issues - zdavdev.htm - Da Vinci Code's Devilish Gaffes ZENIT Dan Brown's best seller "The Da Vinci Code" says the Church demonized the symbol of Venus and killed millions of women accused of witchcraft. Not so, says Father Manfred Hauke, a professor of dogmatic theology and president of the German Mariological Society, who responds to those accusations in this ZENIT interview. FEMINISM MAGIC 95. Current Issues - zdavincisecret.htm - Da Vinci's Secret Christian Message ZENIT Some books have presented Leonardo da Vinci as an unbeliever and homosexual, who was threatened by the Church. Others, such as Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code," present him as a master of esotericism. However, philosopher Giuseppe Fornari argues that "far from being a heretic and blasphemer, a compiler of riddles, Leonardo was rather a tormented Christian, irregular by necessity but profound and impassioned." He shared more in this interview with ZENIT. NATURALISM BEAUTY 96. Current Issues - ZSSADOPT.HTM - Dangers of Same-Sex Couples Adopting Children ZENIT Despite the large number of securely married people waiting to adopt children, same-sex couples are often regarded as desirable adoptive parents with equal qualifications. So says Dale O'Leary, a writer and researcher for the Catholic Medical Association. She shared with ZENIT how adoption agencies have disregarded evidence that persons with same-sex attractions are far more likely to suffer from psychological disorders than the general public, and how those risk factors can negatively affect children. HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE FAMILY 97. Current Issues - zgirlsdeal.htm - Dealing Girls a Raw and Racy Deal ZENIT A recent report from the American Psychological Association on the harmful effects of the sexualization of girls shows that society needs a new strategy for young women, according to a leading women's advocate in Australia. Melinda Tankard Reist, the founding director of Women's Forum Australia, commented on the report to ZENIT, noting that instead of turning girls into sexual objects, society should teach them to "be resilient and to defend their dignity and self-respect." WOMEN'S LIBERATION FEMINISM FREEDOM OF SPEECH 98. Current Issues - DEATHNET.TXT - Death Comes to Cyberspace:.. David Morrison Computer Users Discover How-To-Guide to Euthanasia. 'The Culture of Death has arrived on the Internet. The Right To Die Society of Canada, one of the Canadian organizations dedicated to promoting a legal 'right' to assisted suicide, has developed a highly sophisticated and well-organized site on the Internet's growing World Wide Web.' Taken from the October 1995 issue of 'HLI Reports.' 99. Current Issues - ZDAVINCI.HTM - Debunking The Da Vinci Code ZENIT In this ZENIT article, Elizabeth Lev, who teaches art history at Duquesne University's Rome campus, refutes the idea, popularized by the novel, The Da Vinci Code, that the figure of the Apostle John, in Leonardi Da Vinci's Last Supper, is really Mary Magdalene. ARTIST 100. Current Issues - P12HISTO.HTM - Declaration by Pius XII Relator on Historians Panel Fr Peter Gumpel A panel of Jewish and Catholic historians, studying the Vatican's actions during World War II, halted its work, claiming it wasn't being allowed access to Vatican archives. In response to this, a declaration was made, 26 July 2001, by Jesuit Fr Peter Gumpel, a historian and relator of the cause of beatification of Pius XII. The declaration was authorized by the Vatican. HOLOCAUST ECUMEN JEWS 101. Current Issues - RWANDA.HTM - Defamation campaign in Rwanda LOR Attacks against Church leaders are jeopardizing the future harmony of the entire African continent. The Rwandan Archbishop charged with complicity in genocide, in order to weaken the Church's ability to mediate between factions. This unsigned article appeared in L'Osservatore Romano, June 1999. RWANDA AFRICA GENOCIDE SMEAR TUTSIS HUTUS 102. Current Issues - DEMOCRCY.HTM - Democracy and Natural Ethics Francesco D'Agostino The President of the 'Union of Italian Catholic Jurists' shows the need, in this era of secularization, of reestablishing democratic governments on values derived from natural ethics. The alternative is either relativism or fundamentalism. POLITICS IDEOLOGY ESCHATOLOGY AUTHORITY COMMON GOOD 103. Current Issues - DAVINCDE.HTM - Dismantling the Da Vinci Code Sandra Miesel An article from Crisis Magazine, exposing the logical flaws and historical fallacies in a bestselling novel with a feminist agenda. The novel attacks the Catholic Church for hiding the "truth" about Jesus Christ, that He married Mary Magdalene, intending her to be the head of His Church, rather than Peter! HOLY GRAIL TEMPLARS BIBLE FEMINISM GNOSTICISM 104. Current Issues - TAXES.TXT - Do We Have To Pay Taxes If the Money Is Used to Support Abortion? Fr. Augustine Mary Father explains the Church's teaching on "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's." This was a response to a question posted in EWTN Online Services' "Ask the Expert Forum. 105. Current Issues - RULELAW.TXT - Do We Still Have A Rule of Law W. B. Ball Mr. Ball discusses what it means to have a 'Rule of Law' and how recent Supreme Court decisions regarding the free exercise of religion and as well as the 1972 decision on abortion undermine it and if uncorrected will negate it. This article was taken from the December 1, 1994 issue of 'The Wanderer.' BALL LAW SUPREME COURT LAWYERS 106. Current Issues - zhomodoc.htm - Document Shows Homosexuals Much Sensitivity ZENIT The new Vatican document on homosexuality and admission to seminaries and holy orders is not an "attack on homosexuals," says Cardinal Georges Cottier, former theologian of the Pontifical Household. Rather, the document is an effort "to understand their situation" and sufferings. GAY CULTURE PRIESTHOOD FORMATION FATHERHOOD PATERNITY PEDOPHILIA EPHEBOPHILIA 107. Current Issues - ZBODPRTS.HTM - Donated Body Parts: the Moral Criteria ZENIT An expert in Catholic health care warns that the dignity of the human body can be violated when its donated parts are used for financial gain or the remote benefit of others. Father Michael Place, president and chief executive officer of Catholic Health Association of the United States, shared with ZENIT the danger of the "gift" character of body donation being negated through commercialization. UTILITARIANISM MATERIALISM COMMON GOOD RESEARCH ORGAN TRANSPLANTS CREMATION BURIAL 108. Current Issues - ZDOUBTCO.HTM - Doubts About Condoms ZENIT The Catholic Church has long been criticized for opposing condom promotion as part of AIDS prevention programs and "safe sex" campaigns. Yet opposition to condoms does not mean the Church does not care about AIDS. Rather, she urges prevention through awareness-raising and behavior change. Scientific studies recently published have shown the wisdom of the Church's refusal to back condoms. SEX MONOGAMY HIV STDS 109. Current Issues - ESTEINED.HTM - Edith Stein on the Education of Women Igino Giordani An article, published in 1969, giving a short introduction to the views of St. Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) on the essential character of femininity. FEMINISM MARRIAGE MOTHERHOOD CONSECRATED LIFE DIGNITY LIBERTY 110. Current Issues - FR90103.TXT - Elizaveta Volkonskaia's On the Church: A Russian Defense of Catholicism David Matual The recent changes occurring in the Soviet Union have raised once again the question of the role which the Faith has played and will play in the future of Russia. In this article, Professor Matual examines the work of a Russian woman who converted to the Faith and sought to defend the Church she loved in her homeland. This article appeared in the Spring 1990 issue of "Faith & Reason." 111. Current Issues - FR90103.ZIP - Elizaveta Volkonskaia's On the Church: A Russian Defense of Catholicism David Matual The recent changes occurring in the Soviet Union have raised once again the question of the role which the Faith has played and will play in the future of Russia. In this article, Professor Matual examines the work of a Russian woman who converted to the Faith and sought to defend the Church she loved in her homeland. This article appeared in the Spring 1990 issue of "Faith & Reason." 112. Current Issues - ZUNPOP.HTM - Erroneous U.N. Population Count ZENIT This ZENIT interview with French demographer Pierre Chaunu disputes U.N. claims of a world population of 6 billion. UNITED NATIONS 113. Current Issues - euthanconcern.htm - Euthanasia Case Prompts Concerns Francesco D'Agostino The politicization of the Piergiorgio Welby case in Italy prompts concern that an ideological spin put on such cases may lead to legalization of euthanasia, without recourse to public debate or the input of bioethicists. LIVING WILLS ADVANCED DIRECTIVES PALLIATIVES 114. Current Issues - EVANCATH.TXT - Evangelicals & Catholics Together: The Christian Mission in the Third Millennium Catholic-Evangelical Consultation This statement is the product of consultation, beginning in September 1992, between Evangelical Protestant and Roman Catholic Christians. Jeff Mirus (founder of CRNET) comments on his reservations about the document. EVANGELICALS ECUMENISM PROTESTANT CATHOLICS 115. Current Issues - EVANCATH.ZIP - Evangelicals & Catholics Together: The Christian Mission in the Third Millennium Catholic-Evangelical Consultation This statement is the product of consultation, beginning in September 1992, between Evangelical Protestant and Roman Catholic Christians. Jeff Mirus (founder of CRNET) comments on his reservations about the document. EVANGELICALS ECUMENISM PROTESTANT CATHOLICS 116. Current Issues - BMBTTL.HTM - Evolutionary Accident or Everlasting Architect?? Unknown The Bombardier Beetle is a strong witness for special creation. 117. Current Issues - DISSTHEO.TXT - Ex-Jesuit's Book Links Dissident Theologians To Homosexual Movement Paul Likoudis This article was taken from the August 24, 1995 issue of 'The Wanderer. The role of 'small faith communities' and the 'new biblical scholarship' in institutionalizing the homosexual agenda in the Catholic Church is clearly spelled out in a powerful book written by an ex-Jesuit who left the order after he fell in love with a fellow Jesuit. 118. Current Issues - SATYOUTH.HTM - Exorcist Warns of Satanic Youth Sabrina Ferrisi Murders in Chile and Italy by young Satanists raises the question of what attracts youth to Satanic groups. The question is answered by Fr. Gabriele Amorth, exorcist for the diocese of Rome, and by Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S.J., television host at EWTN. DEVIL OCCULT DRUGS SEX 119. Current Issues - FEMINISM.TXT - Feminism Dale O'Leary Dale O'Leary shows the roots of the feminist movement are marxist and proposes a solution for genuine harmony between the sexes. OLEARY FEMINISM MARXISM WOMEN 120. Current Issues - FEMLAUNC.TXT - Feminism and the Launch of the Catechism Michael Baker According to Mr. Baker feminism is a false and evil philosophy that works great harm in society and it is incompatible with Catholicism. This article appeared in 'Fidelity' published by John XXIII Fellowship Co-Op in Australia. FEMINISM CATECHISM BAKER 121. Current Issues - FEMLAUNC.ZIP - Feminism and the Launch of the Catechism Michael Baker According to Mr. Baker feminism is a false and evil philosophy that works great harm in society and it is incompatible with Catholicism. This article appeared in 'Fidelity' published by John XXIII Fellowship Co-Op in Australia. FEMINISM CATECHISM BAKER 122. Current Issues - PS1296.TXT - Feminist Assault on Reasonableness Phyllis Schlafly The Phyllis Schlafly Report for December focuses on feminism and how the feminist movement is causing ominous dislocations in basic concepts of American law and justice, 123. Current Issues - CAIRO.ZIP - Files Pertaining to The Cairo UN Populations Conference Various Contains many files pertaining to the UN Population Conference in Cairo. CAIRO POPULATION ABORTION UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE 124. Current Issues - ZP12BERL.HTM - For Berlin, Pius XII Was a Subversive ZENIT In opposition to continuing charges that Pius XII was unjustifiably silent in the face of Nazism, Protestant pastor Francois de Beaulieu revealed to the French weekly "Reforme" his experience in 1942 as a radio operator secretly spreading Pope Pius's famous Christmas radio message against Nazism. GERMAN JEWS HOLOCAUST WWII 125. Current Issues - GUERRA.HTM - From 'Cold War' to Guerra Fria? Patrick L. Moore An analysis of the Islamic doctrine of Jihad in light of recent peace plans and public pronouncements of Yassar Arafat. Jihad is discussed in the context of the mainstream, historical Islamic theory of international relations with non-Muslim states. SHARIA MUHAMMAD MOHAMMED JUST WAR CRUSADE 126. Current Issues - GUERRA.TXT - From 'Cold War' to Guerra Fria? Patrick L. Moore An analysis of the Islamic doctrine of Jihad in light of recent peace plans and public pronouncements of Yassar Arafat. Jihad is discussed in the context of the mainstream, historical Islamic theory of international relations with non-Muslim states being a state of continual hostilities on a sliding scale of intensity depending on the relative correlation of powers in favor of Islamic initiative. As known by the Spanish Christians of the 'reconqu 127. Current Issues - GUERRA.ZIP - From 'Cold War' to Guerra Fria? Patrick L. Moore An analysis of the Islamic doctrine of Jihad in light of recent peace plans and public pronouncements of Yassar Arafat. Jihad is discussed in the context of the mainstream, historical Islamic theory of international relations with non-Muslim states being a state of continual hostilities on a sliding scale of intensity depending on the relative correlation of powers in favor of Islamic initiative. As known by the Spanish Christians of the 'reconqu 128. Current Issues - zgambling.htm - Gambling Fever ZENIT This ZENIT article on the increase of legalized gambling shows the negative impact on families, more and more of which are coming under pressure due to gambling addiction. "Problems range from bankruptcy, to family breakup, fraud, theft, homelessness and even suicide." GREED CATECHISM COMMUNITY 129. Current Issues - GAMBLING.TXT - Gambling in America Stacy Mattingly A look at the gambling industry in America and the attitude of the Church in the U.S. regarding it. This article was taken from the June 1996 issue of "Crisis" magazine. 130. Current Issues - ZGAMBLNG.HTM - Gambling With Morality ZENIT The increasing reliance of many countries on income from legalized gambling raises the moral question of its impact on individuals, families, and society. LOTTERY CASINOS ADDICTION POVERTY GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS TEMPERANCE 131. Current Issues - GATTFLES.TXT - GATT & the Flesh Trade Judith Reisman, PhD Shows the link between the GATT treaty and the organized international traffic in drugs, child labor and heterosexual and homosexual child prostitution and child pornography. Taken from the March 1995 issue of 'HLI Reports,' published by Human Life International. REISMAN GATT CHILDREN PEDOPHILIA HOMOSEXUAL PORNOGRAPHY CHILD PROSTITUTION DRUGS 132. Current Issues - GAYGUICA.TXT - Gays, Giuliani, and Catholics William Donohue This article taken from the September 1995 issue of "Crisis" magazine reports on the 1995 Gay Rights Parade and New York Mayor Guiliani's sympathy for the Gay Right's activists. 133. Current Issues - GENDER.TXT - Gender & the U.N. Dale O'Leary The Platform for Action for the U.N. 4th World Conference on Women in Beijing is based on assumptions about the nature of feminity; these assumptions are based on a radical feminist ideology which is not shared by most of the world's women. O'LEARY WOMEN BEIJING CONFERENCE FEMINISM UN 134. Current Issues - GENDBEND.TXT - Gender Benders Jean Guilfoyle In this article taken from HLI Reports, Jean Guilfoyle warns of the agenda of feminists who are attending the U.N. Conference in Beijing in September. She explains the dangers involved in redefining the word gender and what testing for 'gender identity' could mean for our children. Taken from the June/July 1995 issue of 'HLI Reports.' GUILFOYLE GENDER UNITED NATIONS BEIJING WOMEN CONFERENCE 135. Current Issues - ZGENX.HTM - Generation X and the Turn to Christian Orthodoxy ZENIT A journalist, Colleen Carroll, has documented a trend toward traditional Christianity by Generation X and the rejection of the religious and cultural values of their parents, the baby boomers, in a highly acclaimed book, "The New Faithful: Why Young Adults Are Embracing Christian Orthodoxy" (Loyola Press). Carroll described the phenomenon of "the new faithful" in an interview with ZENIT. COUNTERCULTURAL CULTURE CATECHESIS NEW AGE APOLOGETICS AUTHORITY TRADITION MEDIA 136. Current Issues - ZPREEMPT.HTM - George Weigel on Pre-emption, Just War and the Defense of World Order ZENIT Amid debate over a possible pre-emptive strike against Iraq, George Weigel, senior fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, reviews principles of traditional just-war theory, and considers how they may be refined to meet new threats to world peace. MORAL LEGITIMATE AUTHORITY LAST RESORT UNITED NATIONS U.N. 137. Current Issues - ZNRBWEIG.HTM - George Weigel on the National Review Board's Report ZENIT George Weigel thinks the U.S. bishops' National Review Board has turned out a report that is a "real service to the Church" as Catholics face the question of genuinely Catholic reform in light of the John Jay study of clerical sexual abuse. BISHOPS PRIESTS HOMOSEXUALITY 138. Current Issues - GIGGLE.TXT - Giggling For God: A New Spirit Of Hysteria Is Spreading In Church Paul Likoudis This article, taken from the April 27, 1995 issue of 'The Wanderer, provides a glimpse of the grotesqueries of a movement called the Vineyard which is spreading across Canada and the United States. LIKOUDIS GIGGLE VINEYARD 139. Current Issues - zfaithlift.htm - Giving Politics a Faith Lift ZENIT All Catholics have a duty to bring faith to the forefront of political debates, says the bishop-author of a new booklet entitled "Catholics in the Public Square." The publication, written by Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix, challenges Catholics to take a more active part in influencing the nation and the political process. In this interview with ZENIT, Bishop Olmsted comments on why Catholics should be more active in the public square. POLITICS SECULARIZATION LAITY 140. Current Issues - ZBUMRAP.HTM - Globalization's Bum Rap ZENIT Fr Piero Gheddo, of the Pontifical Institute of Foreign Missions, states that globalization is inevitable in a shrinking world, and it does no good to demonize it. Poverty in Third World countries is due in large part not to external forces, but to their lower productivity. ECONOMY DEPENDENCE MARXISM MALTHUS 141. Current Issues - SEXES1.TXT - God and the Sexes Evelyn Birge Vitz It seems safe to assume that, since God foresaw how he was going to assign power relations on earth, he designed his creatures to find satisfaction in this arrangement. This article was taken from the September 1995 issue of 'Crisis' magazine. 142. Current Issues - zlogoswill.htm - God as Logos, Allah as Will ZENIT The "unreasoned" reaction to Benedict XVI's speech at the University of Regensburg (12 September 2006) has proved that his point needed much attention, says a U.S. scholar. Jesuit Father James Schall, professor of political philosophy at Georgetown University, shared with ZENIT why he thinks the Regensburg lecture was liberating and imperative, and how the reaction to it highlighted the modern disconnect between faith and reason. VOLUNTARISM ISLAM MUSLIMS TERRORISM ALLAH HELLENISM 143. Current Issues - GOLIAWON.TXT - Goliath Won--Barely Kieron Wood A referendum to allow divorce passed by a razor-thin margin, but a government advertising campaign produced a legal challenge. This article appeared in the January 1996 issue of 'The Catholic World Report.' 144. Current Issues - GATTACK.TXT - Gore Makes Veiled Attack on Catholic Church William Donohue This file contains: 1) the remarks of William A. Donohue, Ph.D., President, Catholic League concerning the speeches of Vice President Al Gore and Hillary Clinton when they spoke before the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL) on January 22, 1997, 2) their speeches and 3) an article by Phil Lawler. 145. Current Issues - GATTACK.ZIP - Gore Makes Veiled Attack on Catholic Church William Donohue This file contains: 1) the remarks of William A. Donohue, Ph.D., President, Catholic League concerning the speeches of Vice President Al Gore and Hillary Clinton when they spoke before the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL) on January 22, 1997, 2) their speeches and 3) an article by Phil Lawler. 146. Current Issues - ZHALLOWN.HTM - Halloween's Origins ZENIT As October 31 approaches, stores are filled with masks, monsters' costumes, witches gear and pumpkins with terrifying expressions. Halloween is just around the corner and every year it sweeps more countries of the globalized and consumerist world into its net. Generally speaking, Halloween is known for its pagan beginnings, which in the course of history have mixed with Christian elements. 147. Current Issues - ZHANDIPH.HTM - Handiphobia Leading Cause of Euthanasia ZENIT The desire to do away with personal suffering is one of the driving forces behind euthanasia, an attitude described as "handiphobia," says an Italian neonatologist. In this interview with ZENIT, Dr. Carlo Bellieni, of the Le Scotte Polyclinic of Sienna, talks about the phobia of handicap and the real reasons for incidences of euthanasia. SUFFERING ANALGESICS HANDICAPPED 148. Current Issues - CULTWAR.TXT - Hard Truths About the Culture War Robert Bork 'Wherever one looks, the traditional virtues of this culture are being lost, its vices multiplied, its values degraded--in short, the cultuer itself is unraveling.' This article appeared in the June/July 1995 issue of 'First Things.' BORK CULTURE LIBERALISM AMERICA 149. Current Issues - CULTWAR.ZIP - Hard Truths About the Culture War Robert Bork 'Wherever one looks, the traditional virtues of this culture are being lost, its vices multiplied, its values degraded--in short, the cultuer itself is unraveling.' This article appeared in the June/July 1995 issue of 'First Things.' BORK CULTURE LIBERALISM AMERICA 150. Current Issues - POTTER.HTM - Harry Potter Books St. Joseph Covenant Keepers The July/August 2000 edition of the newsletter of St. Joseph's Covenant Keepers, dedicated entirely to the Harry Potter fad. LITERATURE OCCULT MAGIC CHILDREN WIZARD WITCH 151. Current Issues - HORRORS.TXT - Harry Wu Tells of China's Continuing Horrors Thomas A. Droleskey Dr. Wu's address at the Roman Forum on February 23, 1997. This article was taken from the March 6, 1997 issue of The Wanderer. COMMUNISM BOYCOTT GULAG LAOGAI 152. Current Issues - zpoorcountr - Helping Poorer Countries ZENIT In preparation for the G8 Summit in Scotland, July 2005, various theories were fielded on how best to aid developing countries, particularly those in Africa. This ZENIT article provides a survey of those theories. ECONOMIES CORRUPTION REFORMS BUREAUCRACY IMF INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND WORLD BANK DEBT 153. Current Issues - HIGHCOUR.TXT - High Court's Double Offensive in the Culture War Russell Shaw This article is a good summary of the current direction of the Supreme Court on cases which impinge on traditional values. Taken from the July 28, 1996 issue of "Catholic Twin Circle." 154. Current Issues - PRREVIEW.TXT - Holy Mother Church, Holy Mother Oppressor Thomas Brock Thomas Brock, sysop on American Life League's BBS, reviews the blasphemous, Disney movie, 'Priest'. BROCK DISNEY PRIESTS MIRAMAX MOVIE 155. Current Issues - homfrpavone.htm - Homily: Thursday, Week II, Ordinary Time Father Frank Pavone In his homily of 18 January 2007, in EWTN's televised Mass, Father Pavone, defined the true meaning of peace, the true peace won for us by Christ on the cross, reconciling us with the Father. But this peace is lost whenever human lives are "oppressed or downtrodden," as in the killing of unborn children, legalized by Roe v. Wade. ABORTION MARTIN LUTHER KING NEGRO 156. Current Issues - HOMARRIA.TXT - Homosexual Marriage-The Marginalization of Women and the Family L.M. Farrell, Ph. D. An excellent article on homosexual marriage and the crisis which has been unleashed as a result of the revolutionary change in thinking about the family. 157. Current Issues - HOMOMARR.TXT - Homosexual Marriage: Much to Fear Burman Skrable An analysis of the implications of same-sex marriage, what it means about social and moral values, and its inevitable impact on society. This article was taken from the October 1996 issue of "Culture Wars." HOMOSEXUALITY 158. Current Issues - HOMOMARR.ZIP - Homosexual Marriage: Much to Fear Burman Skrable An analysis of the implications of same-sex marriage, what it means about social and moral values, and its inevitable impact on society. This article was taken from the October 1996 issue of "Culture Wars." HOMOSEXUALITY 159. Current Issues - HOMOCARE.HTM - Homosexuality and Gospel Truth: Towards Effective Pastoral Care Robert A. Gahl, Jr. Pastoral care of homosexuals should reinforce their dignity as persons by calling them to ascetical struggle against the sinfulness of homosexual behavior. MINISTRY GAY DISCRIMINATION SEXUALITY 160. Current Issues - homohope.htm - Homosexuality and Hope Catholic Medical Association The Catholic Medical Association, "dedicated to upholding the principles of the Catholic Faith as related to the practice of medicine," offers a summary and review of the status of the question on homosexuality. Is it genetically predetermined, or is it a result of trauma/erroneous education/sin? And what can a person with same-sex attraction do to overcome it? POLITICS FATHER MOTHER CHILDREN GAY SEXUAL ADDICTION GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER GID AIDS FAMILY BISEXUALITY LESBIANS 161. Current Issues - DEPOSE.TXT - How a Bishop Is Deposed: The Latest Case Farley Clinton Facts and events surrounding the removal of Bishop Jacques Gaillot. This article was taken from the February 2, 1995 issue of 'The Wanderer.' CLINTON GAILLOT FRANCE DEPOSED 162. Current Issues - CHINBIR1.TXT - How the U.S. Helps China Control Births Mary Meehan A special investigation by Our Sunday Visitor finds the U.S. has been secretly assisting China's 'birth police'. This article was taken from the July 2, 1995 issue of Our Sunday Visitor. MEEHAN CHINA BIRTH ABORTION UN US 163. Current Issues - CULTURE.HTM - How to Win the Culture War Peter Kreeft Dr Kreeft, professor of philosophy at Boston College and author of more than 25 books on Christian apologetics, outlines the three conditions for victory in the current war between the cultures of life and death. U.S. AMERICA MARTYR DEMONS 164. Current Issues - GRAIL.TXT - In Search Of The Holy Grail Robert Moynihan The root cause of the current problem in Catholicism is a loss of the sense of the sacred, of the sense of God's presence. We must find it again There have been conflicting reports this summer about the search for the Holy Grail - the cup or chalice that Jesus used the night of the Last Supper, when he instituted the central mystery of the Christian faith, the Eucharist. This article was taken from 'Inside the Vatican.' 165. Current Issues - INSIDCTA.TXT - Inside Call to Action Mary Jo Anderson "The call to build FutureChurch was the rallying cry of 3,500 Catholic dissidents at the 1995 Call to Action conference held in Chicago this past November. For an Orthodox Catholic taking a firsthand look at this subculture that threatens to form an "American Catholic Church," the open, aggressive rebellion unleashed in session after session is sobering." This article was taken from the February 1996 issue of "Crisis" magazine. 166. Current Issues - PILSORD.TXT - Is 'Ordinatio Sacerdotalis' an Infallible Exercise of the Extraordinary Papal Magisterium? Fr. Peter Pilsner This file contains Fr. Peter Pilsner's valuable comments as they appeared on CRNET. PILSNER ORDINATIO SACERDOTALIS INFALLIBLE 167. Current Issues - MARRDISC.HTM - Is Marriage Just Discrimination? R.M.T. Schmid The writer, from St. Hugh's College, University of Oxford, examines the question of whether limiting the legal recognition and social benefits of marriage to heterosexual couples is a form of unjust discrimination against homosexual couples. SOCIETY COMPLEMENTARITY PROCREATION SOCIALIZATION FAMILY 168. Current Issues - ENDNEAR.TXT - Is the End Near? Inside the Vatican Staff An examination of the views and attitudes--and public statements--of those who have actually read the text of the third secred of Fatima. RATZINGER POPE JOHN PAUL II 169. Current Issues - ZISLAWDE.HTM - Islamic Law and Its Democratic Potential ZENIT A pressing question on the international scene is whether Islamic societies can embrace democratic governance and political self-determination after centuries of autocratic rule. David Forte, a consultor to the Pontifical Council for the Family and an adviser to President George Bush on Islamic affairs, shared with ZENIT why he believes there are facets of Islamic law that are hospitable to the development of free societies. ination after centuries of autocratic rule. SHARIA FATWAS KORAN DEMOCRACY 170. Current Issues - ZINVEST.HTM - It Pays To Be Ethical ZENIT "Growing concern about the effects of globalization has forced companies to pay more attention to the ethical consequences of their actions." Bad conduct can result not only in "bad publicity and lost sales," but also in loss of capital, as "a growing number of investment funds have begun to channel money to firms seen as ethically acceptable." BUSINESS AQUINAS FUND 171. Current Issues - ZPIUS12.HTM - Jewish Recognition of Pope Pius XII's Support ZENIT This ZENIT article of 30 July 1999 reports that "a document has been discovered in Israel that not only confirms Pius XII's role in defense of persecuted Jews, but reveals that world leaders of the Jewish communities at the time were very aware of his action, to the point that after the war they came to Rome and gave the Catholic Church a very generous donation." WWII JEWS JUDAISM HOLOCAUST GENOCIDE 172. Current Issues - JPFIRM.TXT - John Paul Stands Firm Robert Moynihan Mr. Moynihan endeavors to 'read between the lines' of 'Veritatis Splendor' and place this encyclical in the context of the theological and ecclesial crisis the Church faces in the closing years of the 20th century. Taken from the November 1993 issue of 'Inside the Vatican'. To subscribe write: St. Martin de Porres Lay Dominican Community, 3050 Gap Knob Road, New Hope, KY 40052. MOYNIHAN JOHN PAUL II VERITATIS SPLENDOR RELATIVISM INSIDE THE VATICAN 173. Current Issues - JPFIRM.ZIP - John Paul Stands Firm Robert Moynihan Mr. Moynihan endeavors to 'read between the lines' of 'Veritatis Splendor' and place this encyclical in the context of the theological and ecclesial crisis the Church faces in the closing years of the 20th century. Taken from the November 1993 issue of 'Inside the Vatican'. To subscribe write: St. Martin de Porres Lay Dominican Community, 3050 Gap Knob Road, New Hope, KY 40052. MOYNIHAN JOHN PAUL II VERITATIS SPLENDOR RELATIVISM INSIDE THE VATICAN 174. Current Issues - ZJUSTWAR.HTM - Just-War Principles ZENIT An article, "The Catholic Difference: Getting 'Just-War' Straight," written in light of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, which is followed by an interview with the writer, George Weigel. JUSTICE CHARITY PROPORTIONALITY NON-COMBATANT AUGUSTINE AQUINAS TERROR JUST CAUSE 175. Current Issues - REALKINS.HTM - Kinsey's Flawed Research EWTN Here are two articles inspired by a book by Susan Brinkmann, The Kinsey Connection, and occasioned by the release of a movie on the famed "researcher" into sexual behavior. In an interview with the National Catholic Register, Judith Reisman, whose conclusions are summarized in Brinkmann's book, describes the addictive nature of pornography, and the pornographic industry which Kinsey's unwarranted conclusions helped to spawn. And Thomas Szyszkiewics, reviewing Brinkmann's book for Our Sunday Visitor, observes how Kinsey's conclusions were accepted at face value by the academic world and news media, even when scientists were critical of his methods. ADDICTION GUILT HOMOSEXUALITY MARRIAGE SEX EDUCATION SOCIALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES 176. Current Issues - KINSEY.TXT - Kinsey's Fraud and Its Consequences For Society Raquel M. Chanano 'Many people will be surprised to discover that what has served and is serving as the basis for public school sex education has its roots in scientific fraud.' This article substantiates the claim of it's opening sentence. CHANANO KINSEY SEX EDUCATION SCHOOLS 177. Current Issues - RECOGHMO.HTM - Legal Recognition of Homosexual Unions Mons. Angel Rodríguez (Luno) Luño Mons. Luño, of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, enlarges on the dangerous consequences to society of legal recognition of homosexual unions, as addressed by Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions between Homosexual Persons, published by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, July 2003. MARRIAGE FAMILY CHILDREN RIGHTS POLITICS ETHICS HETEROSEXUAL DISCRIMINATION 178. Current Issues - PRIECRIT.TXT - Letter to Roy Disney James G. Prusa Critique of the film 'Priest'. This file also provides a list of Disney contacts for those who would like to make their opinions known. PRUSA DISNEY PRIEST MOVIE 179. Current Issues - ZMORTARA.HTM - Levi-Mortara's Testimony for Beatification of Pius IX ZENIT The beatification of Pope Pius IX, 3 Sept 2000, was overshadowed in the media by controversies about his life, especially in regards to Edgardo Mortara. Mortara was born to Jewish parents but baptized without their knowledge, and eventually raised under the Pope's auspices. The case triggered a firestorm of controversy in 19th-century Italy. Here is Father Mortara's complete testimony, published in Italian in 1954. ECUMENIC 180. Current Issues - LOOKLIKE.TXT - Looking More Like America? Mary Meehan A sketch of the anti-life pedigrees of President Clinton's National Bioethics Advisory Commission. Taken fromt he November 3, 1996 issue of "Our Sunday Visitor." 181. Current Issues - zfewbirths.htm - Lots of Data Point to Fewer Births ZENIT In a message sent 28 April 2006 to participants in a meeting of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Benedict XVI cited an "urgent need" for reflection in the area of demography. Experts agree that an increase in life expectancies is being met with a drop in birthrates. Societies are aging and "many nations or groups of nations lack a sufficient number of young people to renew their population," the Holy Father wrote. The root of the problem is moral and spiritual, rather than economic. EUROPE 182. Current Issues - UNGENDER.TXT - Mainstreaming the Gender Perspective in the UN System Dale O'Leary Gender as used by the UN is a word that implies an entire ideological agenda, one which is contrary to the culture, religious beliefs, laws and constitutions of many of the member states. Given this usage there is no way that the word gender can be used in a neutral or non-ideological sense in the Platform. Gender should be replaced with the word sex, or male and female, or women's Publication No. 541. OLEARY GENDER UN BEIJING S 183. Current Issues - RIGHTS.HTM - Man and His Rights Cardinal Giovanni Colombo In December 1977, on the feast of St Ambrose, Patron Saint of the diocese of Milan, Cardinal Giovanni Colombo [then Archbishop of Milan] delivered a homily on the difference between the Christian and secularist concepts of the rights of man, and how uncertain human rights are under the secularist concept. DUTIES AUTHORITY VALUES MORALITY ETHICS STATE MARXISM LIBERALISM HUMANISM 184. Current Issues - ZMANWOMN.HTM - Man-Woman Relationship Is Not a Rivalry ZENIT The differences between men and women are not to be reasons for rivalry, but rather are the foundation of a collaborative relationship. This is the central proposal of the "Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Collaboration Between Man and Woman in the Church and the World," published 31 July 2004 by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. In an interview with Vatican Radio, Archbishop Angelo Amato, secretary of the doctrinal congregation, sheds light on the implications of this proposal. MASCULINE FEMININE SEX GENDER 185. Current Issues - zmarkets.htm - Markets and Morality Father John Flynn Father Flynn summarizes a book by economist and theologian, Daniel Finn, The Moral Ecology of Markets: Assessing Claims about Markets and Justice, which examines key issues related to the market economy from a moral perspective. Of central importance is the concept of self-interest. ADAM SMITH ECONOMICS CAPITALISM 186. Current Issues - ZLAITY.HTM - Mary Ann Glendon on the Reform of Lay Catholics ZENIT Mary Ann Glendon, a Harvard Law Professor, gave an address, 4 November 2002, at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum on the role and renewal of the Catholic laity. Glendon was Pope John Paul II's representative at the 1995 World Conference on Woman, held in Beijing. FORMATION PROTESTANTISM ANTICATHOLIC BIGOTRY SEXUAL ABUSE EDUCATION EVANGELIZATION 187. Current Issues - zmasathcath.htm - Masonry, Atheism and Catholicism ZENIT What's true and what's not about the Masons? Father Manuel Guerra Gómez is a diocesan priest of Burgos, and a retired professor of the Burgos headquarters of the Faculty of Theology of Northern Spain. In this interview with ZENIT he says that "the Masonic method, atheistic in nature, reflects historical relativism and leads to the socio-cultural relativism that it promotes." CONSPIRACY FREEMASONRY GNOSTICISM SECRECY CULTURE DEMOCRACY 188. Current Issues - JP2ARMEN.HTM - May We Rediscover Our Full Communion Pope John Paul II The Holy Father's message to Karekin I, Patriarch of All Armenians (shortly before the Patriarch's death), in which he recounts the venerable history of the Armenian Church, and looks forward to its restoration to communion with the Catholic Church. ECUMENISM KHATCHKAR 189. Current Issues - MEDEVOL.TXT - Media Twists Papal Statement on Evolution Michael S. Rose In response to a CWN news story about Pope John Paul's statement regarding the theory of evolution-- a statement which also provoked heavy coverage in the secular media-- several readers have asked for more details. Following this analysis by Michael Rose, extensive excerpts from the Holy Father's remarks on the subject are reproduced. 190. Current Issues - LAPAPACY.TXT - Media View of Pope John XXIII David Shaw Article taken from the April 18, 1995 issue of the 'Los Angeles Times'. SHAW JOHN XXIII COUNCIL JOHN PAUL II MEDIA 191. Current Issues - MEDMORLS.HTM - Medicine and Morals LOR A Study-course on "Medicine and Morals" was held in the Auditorium of the Hospital of St. Camillus from October 14th to 18th, 1968. This article provides a summary of some of the papers read. MEDICAL SITUATION ETHICS DOUBLE EFFECT TOTALITY RESUSCITATION HUMANAE VITAE TRANSPLANTS PIUS XII 192. Current Issues - MTERBEIJ.TXT - Message to the Fourth UN Women's Conference Mother Teresa This message was sent by Mother Teresa of Calcutta (11-23-95) to the UN Women's Conference in Beijing. MOTHER TERESA BEIJING UN 193. Current Issues - CRMCHOAX.TXT - Mindszenty Report (November 1994) Cardinal Mindszenty Foundation The Church in China. RED CHINESE PATRIOTIC CHURCH 194. Current Issues - HRTTRNS.HTM - Moral Aspect of Heart Transplants LOR At a press conference on 24 May 1968, Mons. Ferdinando Lambruschini, professor of Moral theology in the Lateran University, dealt with the moral problems arising from heart transplants. Of particular concern was the moment of death of the donor. MEDICAL ETHICS RESUSCITATION 195. Current Issues - FALSEAD.TXT - More False Advice Catholic Insight Catholic Insight March 1996 An analysis of an attempt by Roman Catholic educators to make homosexuality acceptable in the Catholic schools in Canada. 196. Current Issues - ztestip12.htm - More Testimonies Defend Pius XII ZENIT Many past testimonies support Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone's announcement that Pope Pius XII signed a letter in 1943 asking religious institutes to open their doors to persecuted Jews. That wartime letter undercuts the theory that bishops, religious and many Catholics who risked their lives to save Jews from extermination did so without the Pope's knowledge. NAZIS ANTI-SEMITISM 197. Current Issues - PRBKMTER.TXT - Mother Teresa at the National Prayer Breakfast Mother Teresa This file contains Mother Teresa's talk to the National Prayer Breakfast, attended by President and Mrs. Clinton and by Vice-President and Mrs. Gore. MOTHER TERESA PRAYER BREAKFAST ABORTION 198. Current Issues - MTERSPCT.HTM - Mother Teresa Takes Pro-Life Message to the Supreme Court Mother Teresa This article appeared in the 24 February 1994 issue of the Arlington Catholic Herald in the 'Editor's Desk' column entitled 'More From Mother Teresa.' Mother Teresa has filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court urging it to recognize the unborn child's right to life. MOTHER TERESA SUPREME COURT ROE V WADE LOCE ABORTION 199. Current Issues - EARLYYR.HTM - Mother Teresa: The Early Years Renzo Allegri An article from "New Covenant" magazine recounting Mother Teresa's early experiences in founding the Missionaries of Charity. 200. Current Issues - BLETP12.HTM - MYTH: The recurring accusations against Pope Pius XII Rev. Pierre Blet, SJ In this article Fr. Blet defends the record of Pius XII regarding the Jews, based upon documents in the Vatican archives. HOLOCAUST WORLD WAR NAZI HITLER JEWS 201. Current Issues - ZTRADFAM.HTM - Myths Aside, Traditional Families Protect Kids Best ZENIT Media reports of the findings by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) generally gave the impression that families were the main culprits in the area of sexual abuse. Yet the facts are rather different, demonstrated not least by the NSPCC’s own report based on information from just under 3,000 young adults. Even the NSPCC was taken aback by the way its statistics were distorted by the media. In fact, children are best protected by traditional family. VIOLENCE 202. Current Issues - ZNEWAGE.HTM - New Age Is Mistaken Answer to Search for Meaning ZENIT In a ZENIT interview, Massimo Introvigne, a leading expert in new religious movements, analyzed the recently published Vatican document on New Age [Jesus Christ the Bearer of the Water of Life], and expounds on the incompatibility of the spiritual phenomenon with Christian doctrine. CULT SPIRITUALITY 203. Current Issues - ZURCAVOI.HTM - New Catholic Political Movement in U.S. ZENIT A group of laity has formed a nonpartisan political movement that hopes to motivate and educate Catholic citizens for full political and social participation. The president of the group, called Your Catholic Voice, is Raymond Flynn, former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican and former mayor of Boston. POLITICS PERSON DIGNITY LIFE FAMILY FREEDOM SOLIDARITY MEDIA 204. Current Issues - NEWEVID.TXT - New Evidence of Human Rights Abuse in China's One-Child Policy Rita Joseph June 1995 This article discusses the dilemma faced by the Australian Government regarding human rights abuse in China in light of the revelations of Amnesty International. JOSEPH AUSTRALIA CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS 205. Current Issues - MERECREA.TXT - No Mere Creatures William Bentley Ball In this interview Mr. Ball seeks to raise public awareness of growing threats to religious freedom in the United States. This article appeared in the August/September 1995 issue of 'The Catholic World Report.' 206. Current Issues - ZSECRETS.HTM - No More Secrets, Visionary Said in 2001 ZENIT The Fatima secret has been totally revealed by the Vatican, and Russia has already been consecrated as Mary requested, confirmed Sister Maria Lucia of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart. The witness of the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin of Fatima made this statement to the then secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, on Nov. 17, 2001, contradicting those who say that the Church still has secrets about the Marian apparition. FATIMA GRUNER THIRD SECRET 207. Current Issues - NOTSO.TXT - Not So Christian America Thomas C. Reeves An analysis of what it means to be religious or Christian in America today, with reference to Gallup polls which show at one and the same time an unprecedented high percentage of people who claim to believe in God and an unprecended secularization of personal values. Article appeared in the October 1996 issue of "First Things." 208. Current Issues - NOTSO.ZIP - Not So Christian America Thomas C. Reeves An analysis of what it means to be religious or Christian in America today, with reference to Gallup polls which show at one and the same time an unprecedented high percentage of people who claim to believe in God and an unprecended secularization of personal values. Article appeared in the October 1996 issue of "First Things." 209. Current Issues - NURSEPER.TXT - Nurse Persecuted by Army Hospital for Being Pro-Life Michael A. Flach A nurse's clinical privileges have been terminated at the Dewitt Army Hospital at Ft. Belvoir, Va., for refusing to prescribe the abortifacient contraceptive Depo-Provera. 210. Current Issues - OBPASSIO.HTM - Objections to The Passion: Is It As It Was? National Catholic Register Legionary Father Thomas Williams, dean of the school of theology at Regina Apostolorum Pontifical University in Rome, was a theological consultant for Mel Gibson’s movie The Passion of the Christ. In the following interview with the Register, Father Williams addressed charges of historical and theology inaccuracy leveled at the film. CRUCIFIXION STIGMATICS MEDIA GOSPELS JEWS ANTI-SEMITISM 211. Current Issues - BIOBELIE.TXT - Of Biochemistry and Belief William Bole Highlights the work of scientists such as Michael Behe who now have compelling evidence that "chance" cannot be the engine that drives evolution or the development of species. Taken from the December 1, 1996 issue of "Our Sunday Visitor." 212. Current Issues - TRUTOL.TXT - Of Truth and Tolerance at Easter Patrick J. Buchanan Excellent essay by Mr. Buchanan on false tolerance. 213. Current Issues - EUROPA.HTM - On Ecclesia in Europa Archbishop Vincent Nichols Archbishop Nichols, Birmingham, England, summarized the message of Pope John Paul II, in his Exhortation, Ecclesia in Europa, on the occasion of its promulgation (28 June 2003). The Holy Father reminds civil leaders of the European Union that "religious faith is crucial for the majority of people in Europe," and must be taken account of if the union is to succeed. Addressing Catholics, he calls them to conversion, in order to have more impact on European society. HOPE EU SOLIDARITY STATE EDUCATION CULTURE COMECE COMMUNION MISSION EVANGELIZATION SECULARIZATION CONSUMERISM FAMILY DOMESTIC LITURGY RECONCILIATION PENANCE MARRIAGE PERSON IMMIGRATION IMMIGRANTS REFUGEES ISLAM PRIESTS PARISHES 214. Current Issues - bavariab16.htm - On Benedict XVI's Addresses in Bavaria Cardinal Renato R. Martino Cardinal Martino, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, highlights the concerns of Benedict XVI, expressed in his Addresses in Bavaria (2006). Particularly in the Pope's Address at the University of Regensburg, he criticized the West's limitation of reason to the empirically verifiable, divorcing it from all things metaphysical and religious. As a result, the West is not equipt for dialogue with the profoundly religious cultures of the world. INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY 215. Current Issues - ZPRIVAT.HTM - On Catholic Politicians and Faith ZENIT Robert George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, addresses the question, Where should a Catholic politician draw the line between private faith and public duties? This interview was conducted in light of the recent (Jan 2002) doctrinal note from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, entitled "On Some Questions Regarding the Participation of Catholics in Political Life". STATE POLITICS MORALITY ABORTION EQUALITY JUSTICE 216. Current Issues - zrtzeurcul - On Europe's Crisis of Culture Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Here is a ZENIT translation of a lecture given in Italian by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Benedict XIV, in the convent of Saint Scholastica in Subiaco, Italy, 1 April 2005, the day before Pope John Paul II died. The occasion for the lecture was the bestowal on Cardinal Ratzinger of the St. Benedict Award for the promotion of life and the family in Europe. POVERTY MORALISM POLITICS SCIENCE TERRORISM ENLIGHTENMENT REASON FREEDOM RIGHTS RATIONALISM POSITIVISM 217. Current Issues - zreprorights - On Feminism, Eugenics and Reproductive Rights ZENIT "Reproductive rights" are a means to wield demographic control in poor countries and to destroy the experience of being a woman, says journalist Eugenia Roccella. A 1970s leader of the women's liberation movement, Roccella is the author of essays on feminism and women's literature. In this interview with ZENIT, Roccella talks about the anti-birth ideology of international institutions such as the United Nations and European Union. FAMILY PLANNING CONTRCEPTION ABORTION STERILIZATION EUROPEAN UNION 218. Current Issues - PALRFUGE.HTM - On Palestinian Refugees Archbishop Renato R. Martino On 3 November 1999, Archbishop Renato R. Martino, the Holy See's Permanent Observer at the United Nations in New York, addressed the Fourth Committee of the 54th General Assembly on item 88, "United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East". The thrust of his message was that the "hopes of a people who long for a lasting peace ... remain unfulfilled." MIDDLE EAST ISRAEL JERUSALEM 219. Current Issues - zgeorgepolcon.htm - On Politics and Conscience Robert George As reported by ZENIT, here is the text of an address on political obligations and moral conscience, by Robert George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. HUMAN LIFE PERSONS ABORTION EMBRYOS RIGHTS CLONING CUOMO DEATH PENALTY CAPITAL PUNISHMENT 220. Current Issues - ENGBISHO.TXT - On Receiving Anglican Clergy Into the Catholic Church English Bishops Statement of the bishops of England and Wales given on April 15, 1994. Uploaded by Tim Church. ENGLAND ANGLICAN CLERGY BISHOPS 221. Current Issues - LEONARD.TXT - On the Ordination of Anglican Bishop Leonard as a Roman Catholic Priest Cardinal George Basil Hume Cardinal Hume's statement of April 26 discussing Dr. Graham Leonard's conditional ordination to the priesthood. Uploaded by Tim Church HUME LEONARD ANGLICAN PRIESTHOOD ORDINATION ENGLAND 222. Current Issues - zholywars.htm - On Wars Thought Holy ZENIT There is little similarity between the extremist concept of jihad as a holy war and the Christian Crusades, says a historian of the Middle Ages. Marco Meschini, a professor at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, says that jihad and the Crusades are asymmetric. In this interview with ZENIT, he explains why. MUSLIMS ISLAM PARADISE KORAN 223. Current Issues - ONETHING.TXT - One Thing Leads to Another Thomas Droleskey This article was taken from the October 27, 1994 issue of 'The Wanderer,' and concerns the Pope's recent letter on divorced and remarried couples receiving the Eucharist. DROLESKEY DIVORCE REMARRIAGE ANNULMENT JOHN PAUL II 224. Current Issues - ORDIN.TXT - Ordinatio Sacerdotalis: Exercise in Infallibility Jeff Mirus Jeff Mirus reflects on Ordinatio Sacerdotalis as an excercise of papal infallibility. (Ordinatio Sacerdotalis is the Apostolic Letter in which John Paul II declared that the Church has no authority to ordain women to the priesthood.) POPE JOHN PAUL II ORDINATIO SACERDOTALIS ORDINATION WOMEN PRIEST MIRUS APOSTOLIC LETTER SYSOP 225. Current Issues - TIGHTRES.TXT - Orthodox Church Body Seeks Tighter Restrictions on Religious Freedom Lawrence A. Uzzell By pushing for a tougher crack-down on religious minorities than several key secular officials are willing to accept, the Moscow Patriarchate's Department of External Church Relations may end up ensuring that Russia's 1990 law protecting freedom of conscience remains unchanged. Rumoured disagreements between the department's head, Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk, and Patriarch Aleksei II came into the open at a September 27 hearing on a bill narrowing religious freedom which had received preliminary approval from the Duma in July. 226. Current Issues - FREEBELI.TXT - Our Freedom of Belief is in Peril Rita M. Joseph This article, which originially appeared in The Catholic Weekly, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia, Dec. 14, 1994, addresses the failure of the Australian government to protect 'freedom of belief.' FREEDOM CONSCIENCE AUSTRALIA 227. Current Issues - HITORMIS.TXT - Parochial Councils--Hits or Misses? Walter J. Paulits An evaluation of parish councils and finance committees. This article was taken from the May 1996 issue of "The Priest". 228. Current Issues - PBABORT.HTM - Partial Birth Abortion and Catholics William E. May After briefly describing the nature of "partial-birth abortion", Professor May, of John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, Washington DC, summarizes the "efforts by American lawmakers to make it a criminal activity and the key role played by Catholic senators in preventing these efforts from taking effect." He then examines "recent steps taken by the Bishops of the United States to defend innocent human life, in particular the life of the unborn." ROE V. WADE 229. Current Issues - COURAGE.TXT - Pastoral Care for Homosexual Persons Courage This file gives the background of Courage, its program and Church teaching about homosexuality as well as a listing of different chapters. 230. Current Issues - PAULRIGH.TXT - Paul VI Was Right Stefano M. Paci According to Dutch Primate Cardinal Adrianus Simonis, Paul VI realized that non-Catholic thinking had penetrated the Church. Today, he warns, a new Reformation is under way on a par with the 16th century movement. 231. Current Issues - ZP12JWS.HTM - Pius XII's Aid to Jews Stirred Protests ZENIT Documentation from the Vatican Secret Archives has revealed that Pope Pius XII's wartime assistance to Jews was so great that it stirred protests in some Catholic circles. In order to understand better these discoveries, ZENIT (4 July 2004) interviewed Father Peter Gumpel, a historian and expert on the matter. WORLD WAR II NAZIS FASCISTS ANTI-SEMITISM 232. Current Issues - GUILTP12.HTM - Pius XII: Guilty as Charged? Charles DeCelles This article was taken from the January, 1996 issue of 'The Priest'. 233. Current Issues - PIUS12M.HTM - Pius XII: The Martyrdom of Silence Emilia Paola Pacelli "There is the silence of the fearful, the silence of cowards, the silence of traitors, the silence of opportunists, the silence of the indifferent. But there is also the silence of the strong, of the champions of the faith .... And this is the case with Pius XII." Dr Pacelli gives testimony to the Pope's suffering in silence rather than give occasion to the Nazis to worsen their atrocities. JEWS HOLOCAUST GENOCIDE WORLD WAR II misunder 234. Current Issues - PPPROMOT.TXT - Planned Parenthood Promotes 'Free Sex' by Employing These Harmful Deceptions Fr. Matthew Habiger, OSB Deception #1: The present-day society is healthy, #2. There is no intrinsic connection between sex and new life; #3. It is good to promote 'safe' sex or recreational sex; #4. Recreational sex is an expression of freedom of choice. 235. Current Issues - PLANMILL.TXT - Planning For The Millennium: Where Is The 'Amchurch' Heading? Paul Likoudis Catholics across the country are currently engaged in parish or diocesan planning programs, devising parish mission statements or charting a diocesan "vision" as the Church prepares for the third millennium. This article, taken from the February 6, 1997 issue of "The Wanderer", analyses what direction the Catholic Church in the U.S. is headed. 236. Current Issues - PCATCC.TXT - Political Confusion at the Catholic Conference Patrick Fagan The bishops, when they permit their institutions to speak as they do, seem to know neither their own role in politics nor the layman's. As a result the USCC's statements on political responsibility are confusing at best, and a danger to the bishops' authority at worst. In this essay Mr. Fagan's seeks to uphold the teaching authority of the bishops on issues of faith or morals, while defending the freedom anyone has in political thought and action. This article was taken from the June 1996 issue of "Crisis" magazine. 237. Current Issues - STELLAR.TXT - Pontifical Science Academy Banks on Stellar Cast Gabriel Meyer An article taken from the December 1-7, 1996 issue of the "National Catholic Register", about the Pontifical Academy of Science, especially its newest members. 238. Current Issues - JP2FIGHT.TXT - Pope Continues Fight Against Draft Population Document Wanderer Pope John Paul calls the U.N.'s draft document on population a threat to 'human dignity and morality.' This article was taken from the April 21, 1994 issue of 'The Wanderer,' 201 Ohio Street, St. Paul, MN 55107. WANDERER LIKOUDIS ABORTION JOHN PAUL II CAIRO UN 239. Current Issues - HEADHEAD.TXT - Population controllers, pro-life activists go head-to-head at U.N. Food Summit Tom McFeely A report on the Food and Agriculture Organization's World Food Summit held in Rome on November 13-17. By a combination of misrepresentation, procedural manipulation and anti-democratic subverrsion, the U.N. tried to force a host of feminist and radical environmentalist initiatives introduced by Western governments into every final document at recent U.N. conferences. Population control was a prime objective. 240. Current Issues - ZPORNOG.HTM - Pornography: the Degrading Behemoth ZENIT In a two-part interview, Alan Sears, president and general counsel of the Alliance Defense Fund, shared with ZENIT how pornography perpetuates hatred and exploitation of the human person and preys upon individuals' weaknesses for profit. SEX ABORTION HOMOSEXUALITY OBSCENITY FIRST AMENDMENT CENSORSHIP 241. Current Issues - POSTCON.HTM - Post-Conciliary States of Mind Cardinal Pericle Felici The Cardinal, in remarking on the inevitability of anxiety over the changes called for by Vatican II, warned against exacerbating the situation by innovations against the "substance of belief." DISCIPLINE CANON LAW THEOLOGIANS PRIVATE JUDGEMENT 242. Current Issues - CRIMES.TXT - Priestly Crimes in China Chinese Gov't A copy of the Chinese government's "Letter of decision " sentencing Fr. Charles Bo Le Guo to an additional 2 years of imprisonment after having been confined for 28 years without any charges ever being filed against him. This letter is a good example of the persecution of priests in China. 243. Current Issues - lifelawduty.htm - Pro Life, Civil Law and Individual Duty Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi On 11-12 June 2005, 25.9 percent of Italians nationwide voted in the referendum for the abrogation of Law 40/2004 that strictly controls "medically assisted procreation", including artificial fertilization. To change this law, over 50 percent had to participate in this vote. Consequently, the referendum failed. The position of the Italian Catholic Church was that Christians, to protect life, should abstain from voting; Cardinal Tettamanzi observed that this was in this particular case a legitimate decision and not a matter of political disengagement. His article serves as an effective teaching tool regarding the possibility of hierarchical involvement in critical moral issues affecting our day, and the role that Bishops must exercise in informing the Catholic faithful of their responsibilities in these matters. MEDICAL ETHICS LESSER EVIL HETEROLOGOUS ARTIFICIAL IN VITRO FERTILIZATION FETUS EMBRYO PROCREATION 244. Current Issues - FEEDING.TXT - Problems of Artificial Feeding Fr. William Most Fr. Most summarizes the question of the morality of refusing artificial feeding to a terminally ill patient. TUBE-FEEDING PROPORTIONAL MEANS 245. Current Issues - zqualife.htm - Quality of Life — Its Bioethical Downside ZENIT "Quality of life" is not the same as "dignity of the person," a juridical challenge that bioethics must elucidate, says philosopher of law, José Miguel Serrano Ruiz-Calderón, professor of philosophy of law at Madrid's Complutense University and academic director of the Institute of Marketing Studies. In this ZENIT interview, the professor examines the threat to the concept of sanctity of life under the guise of championing certain subjective rights. ABORTION EUTHANASIA UTILITARIANISM EUGENICS 246. Current Issues - ZHOMCATH.HTM - Ray Flynn on Politically Homeless Catholics ZENIT Interviewed by ZENIT, Ray Flynn, former mayor of Boston expresses his concern over the noninvolvement of faithful Catholics in political life. "Catholics have become spectators in American politics, not active players." As a result, their beliefs and values have ceased to be reflected by either party. "...we need to find and recruit politically sophisticated, effective lay Catholics to speak for us in the civic arena." POLITICIANS MEDIA GAY LESBIAN ABORTION SAME-SEX MARRIAGE 247. Current Issues - ZPOLCLER.HTM - Recalling the Polish Clergy Imprisoned in Dachau ZENIT The death of 20% of the total of 10,017 Polish clergy, including five bishops, at the start of World War II seems to be forgotten by many history books, says a survivor of Dachau. Kazimierz Majdanski, now archbishop emeritus of Stettino-Kamien, was arrested Nov. 7, 1939, by the Nazis, when he was in the seminary of Wloclawek. In this interview with ZENIT, he recalls his own experience and what he witnessed. MARTYRS MARTYRDOM 248. Current Issues - zsectsla.htm - Redefining Sects in Latin America ZENIT The time has come in Latin America to redefine what exactly is a sect, according to an expert on interreligious relations. Manuel Guerra, author of the "Encyclopedic Dictionary of Sects," and consultor to the Spanish bishops' commission on interreligious affairs, comments to ZENIT in this interview about the need to come to an agreement on the characteristics of a sect. REIKI TAI CHI CHUAN YOGA TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION ZEN SILVA METHOD 249. Current Issues - youthbeauty - Reflection on Youth and the Drive To Be Beautiful Biagio Buonomo A fresh perspective on the search for physical beauty: while interior beauty is more important, affected external ugliness does nothing to enhance it. Rather, appreciation for external beauty is a rudimentary step toward "the One who made beauty beautiful." AESTHETICS FASHION BODY 250. Current Issues - CROSHOPE.TXT - Reflections on 'Crossing the Threshold of Hope' Thomas A. Droleskey Droleskey says one 'must read the Pope's new book very carefully- and within the context of Catholic Tradition. The Pope's responses are not catechetical in nature; they are personal. 'Crossing the Threshold of Hope' provides insights into the Pope's thinking, but it is not a catalog of Catholic teaching.' These articles were taken from the November 10, 1994, January 12, 19, 26, and Feb. 2, 1995 issues of 'The Wanderer.' DROLE 251. Current Issues - CROSHOPE.ZIP - Reflections on 'Crossing the Threshold of Hope' Thomas A. Droleskey Droleskey says one 'must read the Pope's new book very carefully- and within the context of Catholic Tradition. The Pope's responses are not catechetical in nature; they are personal. 'Crossing the Threshold of Hope' provides insights into the Pope's thinking, but it is not a catalog of Catholic teaching.' These articles were taken from the November 10, 1994, January 12, 19, 26, and Feb. 2, 1995 issues of 'The Wanderer.' DROLE 252. Current Issues - SCHIAVO.HTM - Refusing Food and Water to Non-Dying Patients Gian Luigi Gigli The following is a statement by the head of the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations concerning the case in the United States of Terri Schiavo, who died on 31 March 2005, after nearly two weeks of being refused food and water. In a case of this sort, however rationalized, it is not that the "treatment" to be suspended is burdensome to the patient, but that the patient is considered burdesome to our society. NUTRITION HYDRATION EUTHANASIA VEGETATIVE STATE 253. Current Issues - zvatmasons.htm - Regent Restates Vatican's Anti-Masonry Position ZENIT The Church has not changed its ruling on Catholic membership in the Masons, said the regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary. Bishop Gianfranco Girotti made this statement on 1 March 2007 at a conference on the topic of Freemasonry held at the St. Bonaventure Pontifical Theological Faculty. MASONS 254. Current Issues - LEO2.TXT - Reinventing Religion Anthony J. Sheehan The Roman Catholic Church is besieged by many foes, among whom are the advocates of multiculturalism who demand that the Church soften, revise and even abandom certain of its doctrines. This article is a rebutal of arguments made by Fr. Leo O'Donovan, S.J., president of Georgetown University. Appeared in the March 1995 issue of 'The Georgetown Academy. SHEEHAN ODONOVAN MULTICULTURALISM GEORGETOWN 255. Current Issues - religgood.htm - Religion and the Common Good Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Denver, delivered this address at the John Cardinal Krol Conference in Philadelphia on 21 April 2007. His topic was the "crisis of faith and action for Christians" in western society, i.e., the loss of a living faith, willing to be expressed in public action. NIETZCHE BERNANOS POLITICS CULTURE ABORTION FREE WILL 256. Current Issues - RELEFTCO.TXT - Religious Left Coalitions Mark Tooley A description of coalitions of the religious left, especially the relatively young Call to Renewal, which includes some familiar Catholic participants. Taken from the July/August 1996 issue of "Crisis" magazine." 257. Current Issues - RELIGLIB.HTM - Religious Liberty Sandro Maggiolini The writer examines the concept of religious liberty, showing its necessary extension beyond the private conscience to the public arena, in which social action under spiritual leaders seeks not to impose one creed at the expense of others, but to further the common good. An article from 1978. CHURCH STATE ATHEISM CONFESSIONALISM GOVERNMENT CULTURE INTEGRALISM THEOCRACY TOTALITARIANISM CIVIL RIGHTS 258. Current Issues - zreligsymb.htm - Religious Symbols in the Cross Hairs Father John Flynn The presence of Christian symbols in public places is increasingly under challenge. Father Flynn cites a number of examples in which militant secularists have tried to remove religion from public life. SECULARISM 259. Current Issues - PRPHLCTC.HTM - Response to an Erroneous Interpretation of "Prophylactics or Family Values?" Fr Jacques Suaudeau Misinterpretation of an article (L'Osservatore Romano, English edition, 19 April 2000), in which the author is thought to differ from the Church's position condemning the use of condoms, is rectified. ETHICS MORAL CONTRACEPTION 260. Current Issues - LAWSUITS.TXT - Revealing Lawsuits Delay RU-486 Deployment James A. Miller An expose' of the criminal activities, deceptions and lawsuits characterizing the U.S. deployment of the abortifacient drug RU-486. This article was taken from the February 1997 issue of "HLI Reports." 261. Current Issues - RVBLTP12.HTM - Review of Pierre Blet's Book Konrad Repgen In this article, a professor emeritus of the University of Bonn reviews the book by Fr Pierre Blet, S.J., Papst Pius XII und der Zweite Weltkrieg. Aus den Akten de Vatikans ("Pius XII and the Second World War, according to the Archives of the Vatican"). HOCHHUTH VICAR HOLOCAUST SHOAH JEW NAZI 262. Current Issues - ZVIROCK.HTM - Rock Music Plays Role in Nun's Murder in Italy ZENIT An arti |