The Dark Side of Catholicism Table of Contents
1. THE VIRGIN MARY....................1
The Mother of God
The Immaculate Conception
Perpetual Virginity and Sinlessness of Mary
The Assumption of Mary
Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix of All Graces, Advocate
Mary in Human Salvation
The Mother of the Church
The Mother of Mercy
2. THE MARIAN CULTS....................29
The Cult of the Holy Rosary
The Cult of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Cult of the Miraculous Heart of Mary
The Cult of the Miraculous Medal
The Cult of the Scapular
Miracles of the Cults
The Apparitions of the Virgin Mary
3. THE INQUISITION....................53
Methods of Torture
The Roman Inquisition
The French Inquisition
The German Inquisition
The Spanish Inquisition
The Modern Day Inquisition
The Present Day Inquisition
Witch Hunting
4. ANTI-SEMITISM....................80
The Christ-killers
The Crusades
The Black Death
Blood Libel
Blood Purity
Desecrating the Host
Financial Scapegoat
The Alfred Dreyfus Affair
The Ghetto
The Holocaust
5. THE PAPACY....................115
Peter as the First Pope
Theocracy
The Papal States
Papal Supremacy
Papal Authority
Papal Infallibility
Papal Wealt
6. THE PAPAL SCHISMS....................153
Donatism
The East-West Schism
The Babylonian Captivity
The Great Western Schism
The Reformation
Modern Schism
7. THE SACRAMENTS....................168
Baptism
Confirmation
Penance
The Holy Eucharist
Extreme Unction
The Holy Order
Matrimony
8. TRADITION....................192
Paganism
The Priesthood
The Cult of the Saints
The Cult of the Relics
The Church Doctors
On the Role of the Holy Spirit
Purgatory
Indulgences
The Jubilee Year
Justification
Idolatry
Celibacy
Contraception and Abortion
9. CLERGY SEXUAL ABUSE....................244
Extent of the Problem
Notorious Pedophiles
The Cover Up
Vatican�s Role
Abused Nuns and Abusive Nuns
Worldwide Phenomena
The AIDS Issue
Church�s Complaints
Conclusion
10. THE EARLY POPES....................281
Marcellinus (296-304)
Liberius (352-66)
Damasus I (366-84)
Leo I the Great, St. (440-61)
Symmachus (498-514)
Vigilius (537-55)
Gregory I the Great, St. (590-604)
Sabinian (604-606)
Stephen III (768-72)
Nicholas I, St. (858-67)
Stephen VI (896-97)
Sergius III (904-11)
John XII (955-64)
Benedict V (964)
Benedict VI (973-74)
Sylvester II (999-1003)
Benedict VIII (1012-24)
John XIX (1024-32)
Benedict IX (1032-44)
11. THE REFORM AND SCHISMATIC PERIOD....................296
Gregory VII (1073-85)
Urban II (1088-99)
Paschal II (1099-1118)
Honorius II (1124-30)
Lucius III (1181-84)
Innocent III (1198-1216)
Honorius III (1216-27)
Gregory IX (1227-41)
Innocent IV (1243-54)
Alexander IV (1254-61)
Boniface VIII (1294-1303)
Clement V (1305-14)
John XXII (1316-34)
Clement VI (1342-52)
Urban VI (1378-89)
Boniface IX (1389-1404)
Martin V (1417-31)
Eugenius IV (1431-47)
12. THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD....................317
Calixtus III (1455-58)
Paul II (1464-71)
Sixtus IV (1471-84)
Innocent VIII (1484-92)
Alexander VI (1492-1503)
Julius II (1503-13)
Leo X (1513-21)
Clement VII (1523-34)
Paul III (1534-49)
13. THE REFORMATION TO THE PRESENT....................335
Julius III (1550-55)
Paul IV (1555-59)
Pius V (1566-72)
Gregory XIII (1572-85)
Sixtus V (1585-90)
Clement VIII (1592-1605)
Urban VIII (1623-44)
Innocent X (1644-55)
Clement XI (1700-21)
Clement XIV (1769-74)
Pius VI (1775-99)
Leo XII (1823-29)
Gregory XVI (1831-46)
Pius IX (1846-78)
Leo XIII (1878-1903)
Pius X (1903-14)
Pius XII (1939-58)
John XXIII (1958-63)
Paul VI (1963-1978)
John Paul II (1978-2005)
Benedict (2005-)
14. THE MURDER OF POPE JOHN PAUL I....................378
The Vatican Bank Scandal
Enter Pope John Paul I
The Murder and Cover-Up
Disputed Report
The Aftermath
15. THE ANTICHRIST....................393
Catholic Seers and Insiders
Prelude to the Coming Antichrist
Abomination of Desolation
The Antichrist
The False Prophet
The Red Dragon
The Great Tribulation
The Tribulation Temple
Conclusion
EPILOGUE
REFERENCES AND SUGGESTED READINGS
SUBJECT INDEX
SCRIPTURAL INDEX....................441