Benedict's action (and inaction) surrounding the sex abuse crisis isn't good enough. Mistakes can be forgiven; what breeds mistrust is the refusal to admit error.
The uproar following Benedict XVI’s decision to lift the excommunication of certain Holocaust-denying bishops seemed predictable to everyone but the pope himself.
The catechetical and pastoral challenges facing the pope and bishops are daunting, making it all the more troubling that Rome is preoccupied with insular concerns.