Laity
Healing the Breach: What Can Laity Do? Acting Ecclesially
The fourth session of the Healing the Breach of Trust conference series addresses the question: What can the laity do to help the Church through this crisis? George Weigel (EPPC)… Read More
Healing the Breach: What Can Laity Do? Wounded Healers
The fourth session of the Healing the Breach of Trust conference series addresses the question: What can the laity do to help the Church through this crisis? John Carr (Georgetown)… Read More
Healing the Breach: What Can Laity Do? Introduction
The fourth session of the Healing the Breach of Trust conference series addresses the question: What can the laity do to help the Church through this crisis? Archbishop Allen Vigneron… Read More
The rebuilding of the Catholic Church (The Church Alive/EWTN Radio)
Stephen White, Executive Director of The Catholic Project at The Catholic University of America, discusses the renewal and rebuilding of the Catholic Church through faithful collaboration of the laity and… Read More
Healing the Breach of Trust: What Can Laity Do?
The fourth session of the Healing the Breach of Trust conference series addresses the question: What can the laity do to help the Church through this crisis? Dr. Teresa Sullivan… Read More
Faced with an Ongoing Sexual-Abuse Crisis, What Are Catholic Parents to Do? (The Atlantic)
By Julie Beck and Ashley Fetters- A look at the abuse crisis from the point of view of Catholic parents, including well-known Catholic moms who blog. One mom describes the… Read More
Many U.S. Catholics Question Their Membership Amid Scandal (Gallup)
Jeffrey M. Jones- As the Catholic church responds to more allegations of sexual abuse of young people by priests, an increasing percentage of Catholics are re-examining their commitment to the… Read More
Catholic University President on bishops’ accountability
By John Garvey- Catholic University President John Garvey weighs in on the complications surrounding lay review boards for bishops. He notes that the lay faithful largely do not trust their… Read More
What the Army can teach the Catholic Church about responding to sexual abuse (America)
By James M. Dubik- Drawing from his thirty-seven-year career in the U.S. Army, Dubik explains why leadership saying, “Just trust us” will not work as a response to this crisis.… Read More
Healing The Breach of Trust: Questions from the audience
The Catholic University’s Healing the Breach of Trust March event ends with a question-and-answer session with the day’s panelists: Sr. Nancy Bauer, O.S.B. – Catholic University, Bronwen McShea – Princeton… Read More
Healing The Breach of Trust: Canon Law, History, Theology
The second session of Catholic University’s Healing the Breach of Trust series continues with presentations on the theological and historical foundations of the laity’s role in responding to the crisis:… Read More
Healing The Breach of Trust: Age of the Laity
Catholic University’s Healing the Breach of Trust series continues with addresses by Christopher Ruddy, Catholic University, on The Engagement of the Laity and Vatican II, and by Bronwen McShea, Princeton… Read More