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
Finding Forgiveness Through the Experience of Mercy – A Homily for the 24th
Sunday of the Year
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The Gospel this Sunday draws us into a remarkably sensitive area of the
faith, that of forgiving others who may have harmed us. There are many who
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