{"id":23717,"date":"2012-09-26T09:42:18","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T14:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.austincnm.com\/?p=23717"},"modified":"2012-09-26T09:45:56","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T14:45:56","slug":"seven-big-myths-about-the-catholic-church-dr-kaczor-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/2012\/09\/seven-big-myths-about-the-catholic-church-dr-kaczor-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Big Myths About the Catholic Church – Dr Kaczor Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I had the opportunity to interview Ignatius Press, author Dr. Christopher Kaczor by email\u00a0through the Maximus Group this week. His new book is called The Seven Big Myths about the\u00a0Catholic Church. The book has been released today, Wednesday, September 26.<\/p>\n

The book is very well written and describes in detail the seven biggest misunderstandings about\u00a0the Catholic Church, the chapters are written as such:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. The Church Opposes Science: The Myth of Catholic Irrationality,<\/li>\n
  2. The Church Opposes Freedom and Happiness: The Myth of Catholic Indifference to Earthly\u00a0Welfare,<\/li>\n
  3. The Church Hates Women: The Myth of Catholic Misogyny<\/li>\n
  4. Indifferent to Love, the Church Banned Contraception: The Myth of Opposition between Love and\u00a0Procreation,<\/li>\n
  5. The Church Hates Gays: The Myth of Catholic \u201cHomophobia\u201d and Inaction against AIDS\/HIV,<\/li>\n
  6. The Church Opposes Same-Sex Marriage Because of Bigotry: The Myth That There Is No\u00a0Rational Basis for Limiting Marriage to One Man and One Woman,<\/li>\n
  7. Priestly Celibacy Caused the Crisis of Sexual Abuse of Minors: The Myth of Priestly Pedophilia.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Sound interesting? Honestly, I hadn\u2019t known how to answer those myths\/misunderstandings of the\u00a0Church until a few years ago, and I could be better. This book will help anyone to learn the seven\u00a0myths better and to explain more concisely to anyone. Many of us may know what it feels like to be\u00a0asked a question about Catholicism and not know how to answer, especially with today\u2019s attack on\u00a0religious freedom. It\u2019s essential for every Catholic to have the ability to dialogue about our faith.<\/p>\n

    The questions below are Dr. Kaczor\u2019s responses to the questions I asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

    If you are still deciding if you should purchase the book, the following reviews have been shared\u00a0by The Maximus Group from a few big name Catholics.<\/p>\n

    \u201cChristopher Kaczor is one\u00a0of our finest young Catholic philosophers. In THE SEVEN BIG MYTHS ABOUT THE\u00a0CATHOLIC CHURCH, he shows that he is also one of our finest defenders of the Catholic\u00a0faith. This is essential reading for the new evangelization.\u201d<\/p>\n

    –\u00a0Most Rev. Jos\u00e9 H. Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \u201cEvery\u00a0seminary, every RCIA program, every parish effort in continuing education should make THE\u00a0SEVEN BIG MYTHS ABOUT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH required reading.\u201d<\/p>\n

    -Fr. Ronald K. Tacelli, S.J., author of Handbook of Catholic Apologetics<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \u201cThe chapter on contraception is the most simple,\u00a0commonsensical, winsome and persuasive I have ever seen. It could have been written only by a\u00a0very good and wise husband and father. The chapter on same-sex marriage has the clearest and\u00a0the completest logic I have ever read on the subject.\u201d<\/p>\n

    -Dr. Peter Kreeft of Boston College<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    View he book\u2019s website on Ignatius Press http:\/\/www.ignatius.com\/promotions\/sevenbigmyths\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I had the opportunity to interview Ignatius Press, author Dr. Christopher Kaczor by email\u00a0through the Maximus Group this week. His new book is called The Seven Big Myths about the\u00a0Catholic Church. The book has been released today, Wednesday, September 26. The book is very well written and describes in detail the seven biggest misunderstandings about\u00a0the… [Read More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[90,87],"tags":[163,50,1048],"class_list":{"0":"post-23717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-faith-blog","7":"category-reviews","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-faith","10":"tag-ignatius-press","11":"entry","12":"has-post-thumbnail"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":109327,"url":"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/2015\/04\/psm-global-justice\/","url_meta":{"origin":23717,"position":0},"title":"Global Justice – St Ignatius Martyr Parish Social Ministry Council Panel Series","author":"Trenton Henrichson","date":"April 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The education and sophistication that I think I have goes away when I meet the human dignity of the other who brings the wisdom of life ... -Barbara Budde \u00a0 [powerpress] Austin Catholic New Media in partnership with Saint Ignatius Parish Social Ministry Council is proud to present this new\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/category\/acnm\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"1653994_10105691620433904_629526728993826826_n","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.austincnm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1653994_10105691620433904_629526728993826826_n1-550x413.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.austincnm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1653994_10105691620433904_629526728993826826_n1-550x413.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.austincnm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1653994_10105691620433904_629526728993826826_n1-550x413.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":124040,"url":"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/2015\/06\/a-response-to-what-sucks-about-the-catholic-church\/","url_meta":{"origin":23717,"position":1},"title":"A Response to “What Sucks about the Catholic Church”","author":"Lindsay Wilcox","date":"June 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Every spring brings the Church a batch of shiny new Catholics, and every year I see the same list of complaints. 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