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Article Inside the Seminary By Paul BlaschkoFebruary 17, 2015 Pope Francis Pope Benedict XVI Pope John Paul II Priesthood Religious Life Sexual-abuse Crisis Sexuality U.S. Catholicism Vatican II
Article 'Spiritual Assault' In the trenches of parish life, I am aware of how an ecclesiastical environment that produces wounded people can lead to a community's unraveling.By Barbara ParsonsFebruary 17, 2015 U.S. Catholicism Pope Francis Sexual-abuse Crisis Secularism and Modernity Laity Pope Benedict XVI Pope John Paul II Priesthood Sexuality Social Justice Vatican II
Article Tall Orders Seminaries have four to five years of post-college priestly formation to train men to be leaders of the small “corporations” that parishes have become.By Mary GautierFebruary 17, 2015 U.S. Catholicism Pope Francis Sexual-abuse Crisis Secularism and Modernity Pope Benedict XVI Pope John Paul II Priesthood Religious Life Sexuality Vatican II
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