The Church’s Big New Challenge

Today in “On the Square,” R. R. Reno examines the Catholic Church After the Scandals . The secular response to the scandals makes obvious something about the Church’s new situation in Western societies, and therefore the new challenge she faces — a situation and challenge her leadership has, with the notable exception of Pope Benedict himself, rarely yet recognized.

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