During a parliamentary debate this summer over the Catholic Church’s handling of sexual-abuse allegations, Ireland’s Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, railed against the “dysfunction, disconnection, elitism, and narcissism” of the Vatican—strong words from any head of government, and unprecedented in Ireland. Kenny’s blistering criticism may provide a chance for a needed recas (...)
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"Catholic officials would exercise influence through persuasion, not coercion,'
Nothing new with that position that every decent Catholic parent learns when their children turn eleven years old. . What has taken the hierarchy so long to learn how to cope and do their job. ? no family maybe??