The Seven Big Myths about the Catholic Church by Christopher Kaczor

By Christopher Kaczor

The Roman Catholic Church has lengthy been the objective of suspicion and hostility. yet how a lot of this can be in accordance with lack of understanding and prejudice and what kind of is the fruit of considerate attention of the facts?

This booklet separates truth from fiction. with out excusing or justifying wrongdoing, writer Christopher Kaczor clarifies respectable Catholic educating and demonstrates that a lot renowned opinion approximately Catholicism is predicated on false impression and incorrect information. He additionally offers powerful and lucid arguments for Catholic trust and practice.

No one ebook can resolution everyone's questions or objections approximately Catholicism, yet this paintings examines seven of the main arguable and commonest myths concerning the Catholic Church.

The Seven Myths:

The Church Opposes technology: the parable of Catholic Irrationality
The Church Opposes Freedom and Happiness: the parable of Catholic Indifference to Earthly Welfare
The Church Hates girls: the parable of Catholic Misogyny
Indifferent to like, the Church Banned birth control: the parable of competition among Love and Procreation
The Church Hates Gays: the parable of Catholic "Homophobia"
The Church Opposes Same-Sex Marriage as a result of Bigotry: the parable that there's No Rational foundation for restricting Marriage to at least one guy and One Woman
Priestly Celibacy prompted the difficulty of Sexual Abuse of Minors: the parable of Priestly Pedophilia

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