John Allen reviews a new book by Massimo Franco on the troubles in the Vatican these days. The key point is that we're at the end of an era, when the Church (or the official Church) is struggling with the fact that it is no longer able to articulate the dominant moral sensibility of the West.Has anyone read the book yet?

Cathleen Kaveny is the Darald and Juliet Libby Professor in the Theology Department and Law School at Boston College.

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