The Catholic Church : what everyone needs to know / John L. Allen, Jr.
Roman Catholicism stands at a crossroads, a classic ''best of times, worst of times'' moment. On the one hand, the Catholic Church remains by far the largest branch of the worldwide Christian family, and is growing at a remarkable clip. Yet the Church has also been rocked by a se...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| Edition: | Updated edition. |
| Series: | What everyone needs to know.
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| Summary: | Roman Catholicism stands at a crossroads, a classic ''best of times, worst of times'' moment. On the one hand, the Catholic Church remains by far the largest branch of the worldwide Christian family, and is growing at a remarkable clip. Yet the Church has also been rocked by a series of scandals related to the sexual abuse of minors by clergy, and, even more devastating, the cover-up by the Church hierarchy. The decade-long crisis has taken a massive financial toll, but the blow to both the internal morale and the external moral standing of the Church has been even steeper. Today, the Church h. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9780199379811 0199379815 9780199379828 0199379823 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |