Catholic Controversies

Many of the modern attacks against the Catholic Church use the myths of anti-Catholics from previous generations to mislead the present generation which is generally ignorant of history. The following links are not provided to argue the Church's behaviour is free of error but instead to counter the more ridiculous of the anti-Catholic propaganda.   

The Crusades

• The Crusades in Context.
• The Cursades and the Spin Doctors.
• Cruel Excess and Regret - The "People's Crusade".
• What was and what might have been - The "Golden Age" of Harun Al-Rashid.
• Wikipedia entry on the Crusades.

The Knights Templar

• Wikipedia entry on the Knights Templar.

The Inquisition

• Wikipedia entry on the Inquisition

Galileo

• Wikipedia entry on Galileo
• Catholic League Article on Galileo
• Catholic Education Resource Centre Article on Galileo

Witch-hunts

• Article from Gendercide.org regarding the European Witch-hunts

Homosexuality

• Wikipedia entry on Homosexuality and Catholic teachings
• Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraphs 2357 - 2359
• Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral care of Homosexual Persons (1986, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger)
• Statement of the Holy See Delegation... to the United Nations...

Second Vatican Council

• Wikipedia entry on Vatican II
• Wikipedia entry on the Spirit of Vatican II

Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal

• Wikipedia entry on Clergy Sex Abuse
• Rebutting the smears against Pope Benedict XVI
• Wikipedia entry on Child Sex Abuse - General
• Shakeshaft report into Child Sex Abuse in US State Schools
• Sexual Abuse in Social Context: Clergy and Other Professionals (Catholic League 2004)

Pope Pius XII - The Myth of Hitler's Pope

• Ex KGB agent admits to Soviet smear campaign against Pope Pius XII
• Catholic Education Resource Centre: On the Myth of Hitler's Pope
• Pius XII and the Jews - By Rabbi David G. Dalin
• The End of the Pius Wars - First Things
• Wikipedia entry on the anti-Catholic play "The Deputy"