| Foreword |
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| Preface |
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| Acknowledgments |
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1 | (24) |
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"The Pope's misuse of calumny' distracts from deeper, more troubling questions" |
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3 | (6) |
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"Observers remain `mystified' over Pope's remarks on clerical sex abuse, and call for bishop accountability" |
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9 | (4) |
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"Will the Pope's project result in real reform---or turn Rome into a Buenos Aires-on-Tiber?" |
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13 | (12) |
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25 | (52) |
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"A crisis of leadership? Francis's defenders call for reform on sex abuse" |
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27 | (6) |
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"The Bishop Barros crisis: How bad is it?" |
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33 | (6) |
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"Five years on: a Vatican reporter remembers Benedict XVI's resignation" |
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39 | (3) |
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"How US cardinals faced a donor uprising at the Papal Foundation" |
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42 | (3) |
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"Pope Francis and clericalism" |
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45 | (7) |
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"Five years after his election, this year is make-or-break for Pope Francis" |
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52 | (3) |
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"The Vatican's Vigano Problem" |
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55 | (4) |
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"The Vigano scandal raises serious questions about reform in the Roman Curia" |
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59 | (6) |
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"Gaudete et exsultate is beautiful for its simplicity, frustrating for its failures" |
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65 | (12) |
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3 Clouds Gather and Seas Stir |
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77 | (32) |
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"The Pope's apology vindicates Chilean abuse survivors---but why did they have to suffer so long?" |
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79 | (3) |
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"The Pope has said he was `part of the problem' on abuse. Here's how he can change that" |
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82 | (4) |
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"Pope Francis has pledged to take action on abuse. Here comes a big test" |
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86 | (3) |
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"What did Pope Francis know about Chile, and when did he know it?" |
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89 | (4) |
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"Pope Francis needs to be transparent in his meetings with the Chilean bishops" |
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93 | (3) |
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"Abuse crisis: Recent events have revealed a broken culture" |
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96 | (4) |
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"Pope Francis's handling of the Vigano scandal doesn't bode well for Chilean crisis" |
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100 | (5) |
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"Pope Francis now faces a terrible dilemma over Chile" |
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105 | (4) |
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109 | (58) |
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"Pope Francis's letter to Chilean faithful is disappointing and insufficient" |
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111 | (6) |
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"Cardinal McCarrick and the crisis of episcopal leadership" |
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117 | (3) |
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"Set aside ideology: US bishops are guilty of a collective failure" |
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120 | (2) |
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Interview with Cardinal Wuerl |
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122 | (8) |
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"The bishops' `Apalachin moment' has arrived" |
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130 | (11) |
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"The bishops will have to sacrifice power and privilege to resolve the abuse crisis" |
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141 | (5) |
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"Pope Francis's letter on abuse was not enough. We need action" |
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146 | (7) |
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"If Vigano's `Testimony' is true, Pope Francis has failed his own test" |
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153 | (8) |
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"The root of the abuse crisis" |
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161 | (6) |
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5 Winds Howl and Waters Rise |
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167 | (114) |
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"Is Pope Francis serious about addressing the abuse crisis and its causes?" |
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169 | (4) |
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"USCCB admits `great harm' caused by `some bishops', outlines steps to address crisis" |
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173 | (4) |
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"Pope Francis and the current crisis of leadership" |
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177 | (9) |
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"Dismissing Karadima from the clerical state will do little to help the crisis" |
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186 | (4) |
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"Analysis: Pope's `thorough study' of McCarrick files unlikely to satisfy" |
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190 | (5) |
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"Cardinal Ouellet's letter forceful, but does not provide substantial refutation" |
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195 | (4) |
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Cover story: "Shadow over the synod" |
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199 | (6) |
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"Cardinal Wuerl is gone---or is he?" |
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205 | (3) |
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"Analysis: Pope's acceptance of Wuerl resignation puts governance front and center" |
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208 | (6) |
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"Analysis: Justice by papal fiat points to serious lack of trust within the Church" |
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214 | (7) |
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"Archbishop Vigano's third testimony indicates a way through the current morass" |
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221 | (4) |
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"Opinion: Francis's remarks about the Great Accuser distract from lack of resolve, leadership" |
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225 | (5) |
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"The Vatican's carelessness is on display as new US scandals break" |
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230 | (8) |
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"February's meeting of bishops will not succeed without a radical change of culture" |
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238 | (3) |
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"Buffalo and the silence of the bishops" |
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241 | (4) |
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"Why has Pope Francis hamstrung the U.S. bishops?" |
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245 | (7) |
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"Making sense of the USCCB fall assembly and its aftermath" |
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252 | (12) |
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"How ordinary Catholics can respond to the Church's crisis" |
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264 | (3) |
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"The Vatican obfuscates even while preparing for February meeting on abuse" |
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267 | (5) |
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"Cupich and Scicluna hit their talking points, but are silent on key problems" |
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272 | (5) |
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"Cardinal Miiller seeks the middle ground between Vigano and the Vatican" |
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277 | (4) |
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6 In the Eye of the Storm |
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281 | (48) |
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"February meeting at the Vatican needs to address directly the crisis of leadership" |
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283 | (5) |
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"Pope's remarks to Curia on abuse more of the same" |
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288 | (6) |
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"2018 in review: the Church's annus horribilis" |
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294 | (4) |
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"2018: The year the Church's crisis was unmasked" |
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298 | (7) |
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"The Zanchetta situation is a microcosm of the current crisis" |
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305 | (3) |
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"What Peter Steinfels got wrong about the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report" |
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308 | (6) |
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"Report: Vatican already knew about Argentine bishop's sexual misconduct" |
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314 | (3) |
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"What the Bishop Zanchetta case tells us about Church leadership" |
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317 | (5) |
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"Having raised the bar, Pope Francis now seeks to lower expectations" |
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322 | (7) |
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329 | (34) |
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"Pope Francis misses the mark in focusing on clericalism and synodality" |
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331 | (7) |
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"As a McCarrick verdict looms, the Vatican still faces rough waters" |
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338 | (4) |
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"Francis has shown confidence in Farrell long before new appointment |
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342 | (5) |
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"Questions remain about McCarrick, even as new scandals emerge" |
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347 | (5) |
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"McCarrick will continue to live at Kansas friary" |
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352 | (6) |
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"Transparency biggest challenge for Vatican heading into abuse summit" |
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358 | (5) |
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363 | (26) |
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"Abuse summit day one: Pope calls for `concrete and effective' action" |
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365 | (6) |
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"Abuse summit day two: How to hold bishops to account" |
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371 | (4) |
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"If you read just one speech from the abuse summit, make it this one" |
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375 | (3) |
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"What was missing from the Pope's closing remarks at the abuse summit" |
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378 | (2) |
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"As the abuse summit closes, what has changed?" |
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380 | (3) |
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"The Church needs transparency. These two cases show it has a long way to go" |
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383 | (6) |
| Afterword |
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