Lessons on sin and forgiveness : a crisis in the Roman Catholic Church

One of the greatest challenges facing the Roman Catholic Church (the Church) across the world continues to be found in addressing complaints of child sexual abuse (csa) by clergy. The list of Catholic clergy in Australia who have been criminally processed for sexual offences against children is disturbingly long. As disturbing as this list is, more disturbing are the accounts of clergy who have not been criminally prosecuted, but protected within the cloister of the Church. It is increasingly recognised that the significant difficulty with child sexual abuse in Catholic Churches, in particular, has not been the presence of perpetrators but the response of Church leadership to allegations of csa by clergy. Those who have faced criminal charges have often done so due to the resilience of victim/survivors and not because of the support of Church structures or culture. The Church has been slow to come to terms with the realities of the perpetration of csa by its clergy and even slower to recognise the need to prioritise victims in any effective, just response. The church has been slowest of all recognising that there are significant cultural and discursive challenges to confront in addressing the management of csa by clergy. There is, however, progressive recognition of the role that discursive constructs of forgiveness have played in perpetuating the crises and ultimately in perpetuating abuse. The institutional praxis of forgiveness can be demonstrated not only in the Church, but in lessons learned from use of forgiveness as an institutional response to mass violations of human rights. This paper explores the juncture between criminality, church culture and forgiveness in responding to csa by clergy.

The Roman Catholic Church as a factor in the political and social history of Mexico.

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Practical and internal evidence against Catholicism, with occasional strictures on Mr. Butler's Book of the Roman Catholic church; in six letters, addressed to the impartial among the Roman Catholics of Great Britain and Ireland.

On spine: White against Catholicism.

The book of the Roman-Catholic Church : in a series of letters addressed to Robert Southey on his "Book of the Church" /

Mode of access: Internet.

Practical and internal evidence against Catholicism : with occasional strictures on Mr. Butler's Book of the Roman Catholic church : in six letters, addressed to the impartial among the Roman Catholics of Great Britain and Ireland /

Contains bibliographical footnotes.

The Roman pontiffs : or, A sketch of the lives of the supreme heads of the Roman Catholic church, with a biography of one of the most distinguished of their number. Tr. from an original and very popular work, just published in France.

"Alexander VI., the two hundred and twenty-second pope": p. [21]-40.

The book of the Roman-Catholic Church: in a series of letters addressed to Robt. Southey on his "Book of the Church",

Mode of access: Internet.

A history of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States /

Includes bibliographical references.

Cousin Eula : or, A Catholic converted; a humble setting forth of Salvation through the merits of Christ alone, in contradistinction from the false dogmas of the Roman Catholic Church /

Mode of access: Internet.

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Reinterpretando o Concílio Vaticano II: Impactos da Hermenêutica da Continuidade na música litúrgica católica do presente

In this paper, we asked whether a new interpretation given by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger - Benedict XVI - to Vatican Council II, the Hermeneutics of Continuity can have an impact or have impacted yet the musical practice of the Roman Catholic liturgy. According to the Hermeneutics of Continuity, the council shall not constitute a break with previous liturgical practices, but a continuation of an organic movement. The analyses of data obtained from the literature and documentary procedures presented here were based on social autopoietic systems theory by Niklas Luhmann and on the concept of invented tradition by Eric Hobsbawm. We conclude that the Hermeneutics of Continuity has proved to be more a reform of the reform than the reconciliation between two musical and liturgical practices.

Influence of Religious Institutions in the Creation and Implementation of Public Policy: The Case of Roman Catholic Argentina and Secular Uruguay

The strong presence of religious institutions in Latin America, especially the Roman Catholic Church, and their participation in the creation and implementation of public policy within a sovereign state can be counter-productive for the social development and progress of that specific country. Argentina and Uruguay and the social controversy of social issues of abortion and same-sex marriage are used as examples to establish the accuracy of the above statement. Historical, statistical, and legislative information about both topics in both countries show that the political power that the Roman Catholic Church has in the region is more an outdated influence than a reality, and the principle of secularization appears to be the most stabilizing philosophy for modern nations.

Roman Catholic and Protestant Bibles compared; the Gould prize essays,

Whitley, W.T. Catholic and Protestant versions of the Bible. First prize essay.--Beard, G.H. The history of the Catholic English and the American revised versions of the Bible. Second prize essay.--Dalton, C.B. The origin and history of the version of the Bible authorized by the Roman Catholic Church, and of the American revised version. Third prize essay.--Appendix.--Bibliography (p. [315]-361)