The Catholic Church: What Everyone Needs to Know (R)

John L. Allen, Jr. (Associate Editor, Boston Globe, Associate Editor, Boston Globe, Senior Vatican analyst, CNN)

The Catholic Church: What Everyone Needs to Know (R)
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Country
United States
Published
15 April 2014
Pages
336
ISBN
9780199379804

The Catholic Church: What Everyone Needs to Know ®

John L. Allen, Jr. (Associate Editor, Boston Globe, Associate Editor, Boston Globe, Senior Vatican analyst, CNN)

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 has enormous residual strength and exciting future prospects, but also faces steep internal and external challenges. The question of “whither Catholicism” is of vital public relevance, for believers and non-believers alike. In The Catholic Church: What Everyone Needs to Know, John L. Allen, Jr., one of the world’s leading authorities on the Vatican, offers an authoritative and accessible guide to the past, present, and future of the Church. This updated edition includes a new chapter on the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, the election of Pope Francis, and his extraordinary tenure thus far.

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