The Italian bishops and even the Vatican have been drawn into this imbroglio which seems to have resulted from an exercise of muscle-flexing on the part of the allegedly lotharian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.
John L. Allen, Jr., does his usual excellent job of clearing away the confusing fog surrounding the complexities at the heart of this event shaking the life of the Church in Italy. Pay particular attention to his application of the "power-distance" analysis to the Church.
Find his column here:
http://ncronline.org/blogs/all-things-catholic/churchs-power-distance-index-decline
Just A Little Talk With Jesus Makes it Right – A homily for the Third
Sunday of Lent
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As we examine the Gospel for this weekend’s Mass we do well to understand
that is about human desires and how the Lord reaches us through them. Prior
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