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by Robert P. Lockwood (2/2000) The debate over the use of public funds to assist in the education of Catholic schoolchildren has a long – and sometimes violent – history in the United States. While Catholics themselves have been divided on the necessity of such assistance and where it might lead, the issue itself has been [...]
on misrepresentations in Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code (Catalyst 3/2004) The Dan Brown book, The Da Vinci Code, is a best-selling work of fiction that discusses a real-life Catholic organization, Opus Dei. To help separate fact from fiction, we asked officials at Opus Dei to write a short article on this subject. Herewith their reply. [...]
January 7 New York, NY – Two 20-year-olds and an 18-year-old were arrested for allegedly stealing statues of the Baby Jesus from nativity scenes over a two-year period. Police said they would not charge them with hate crimes; the three were each charged with 14 counts of petty larceny. Around the same time, a 20-year-old was charged [...]
January 7 Yonkers, NY — Vandals shattered a five-foot-tall statue of St. Bartholomew in front of St. Bartholomew's Catholic Church. The statue was valued at $2,500. January 8 Baton Rogue, LA — Six hundred crosses, erected by the Catholic Life Center to memorialize aborted fetuses, were pulled from the ground at the Center and thrown into bushes and [...]
From public property to public schools, a major issue is the separation of church and state. The issue has made headlines in a number of cases recently. We've taken the opportunity to highlight the most notable. ● One of the most high-profile cases involves the Mt. Soledad Cross, located on city property in San Diego. A [...]
On May 17, Christian Century, a Protestant magazine, published a remarkable editorial equating conservative evangelicals like Dr. James Dobson with the Nazis. Dobson, along with many others—including the Catholic League—has been angry over attempts to exclude people of faith from the judiciary. So how does this strike the Christian Century? "The National Socialists removed judges who didn't go [...]
Both the outgoing chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Terry McAuliffe, and his successor, Howard Dean, recently addressed the relationship between the DNC and the Catholic Church. Catholic League president William Donohue took note: “At last Thursday’s send-off gala for Terry McAuliffe, the departing head of the DNC took a parting shot at the Catholic [...]
The Dan Brown book, The Da Vinci Code, is a best-selling work of fiction that discusses a real-life Catholic organization, Opus Dei. To help separate fact from fiction, we asked officials at Opus Dei to write a short article on this subject. Herewith their reply. Founded in 1928 by St. Josemaría Escrivá, Opus Dei (Latin for "work [...]
