March 12 issue, now online
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* “Fraternal Correction“: Nicholas P. Cafardi’s assessment of the Murphy Report, which evaluated the Irish church’s response to sexual abuse in Dublin. Cafardi, who served on the USCCB’s National Review Board for the Protection of Children and Youth, compares the abuse crisis and fallout in the United States and in Ireland.
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* “Holy Land“: Our editorial on the ongoing violence and prospects for peace in the Middle East.
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Unmentioned is a lovely letter from Bernard Cooke justly praising David gibson for his article and Tracy himself as a premier theologian today.
An interesting notion is one of “courage” first whether BXVI had it in the public baptoism of the former Muslim or not as Fr. Fredericks argues.
It seems clear that Nicholas cafardi thinks the American hierarchy lack it in their handling of sex abuse.
Worh a read on how we’re stuck with “mediocraty” among their ranks.