Catholics in Crisis: The Rift Between American Catholics and Their Church
By Jim Naughton.
Description
Washington D.C.'s Holy Trinity Church, one of the most prominent and popular churches in the nation, has long been known as a refuge for liberal Catholics, and a place where Post-Vatican II Catholicism is at its most vital. When a lone parishioner stands up through a Sunday Mass to protest the exclusion of women from the priesthood, he ignites a fire-storm of controversy that exposes deep rifts and threatens to tear the community apart. Using The Standing,' as it comes to be called, and the subsequent events at Holy Trinity, Jim Naughton examines the issues confronting American Ca...
ISBN(s)
0140268189, 9780140268188
