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Is the All-Male Rule of the Roman Catholic Church Self-Destructing?
A New Crop of Cardinals 2007 This week is unprecedented in the two-thousand-year history of the Christian Church. Instead of focusing on the last week of the earthly life of Jesus Christ, Christians are listening to horrific accounts of priestly sexual abuse of children and wondering whether Pope Benedict XVI will take decisive action to [...]
When is a Church Not a Church?
Vatican Document Opens Old Wounds When is a Church Not a Church? You may be planning on attending church this coming Sunday morning, but if the Pope is to be believed, despite appearances to the contrary, your church may not, in fact be, a Church. A new statement published by the Vatican states quite clearly [...]
A Letter to the Pope
Benedict XVI, Rouse Yourself! Tissa Balasuriya, a progressive Roman Catholic theologian from Sri Lanka, has often been at odds with the leadership of his own church over issues such as the role of women, the relationship between Christianity and other world religions, particularly Buddhism, and the lack of courage on the part of many Christians [...]