Penelope J Ryan
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
"Many Catholics today feel that the Church and its leaders are out of touch with the "real" world. Issues such as annulment, birth control, ordination for women, celibacy for priests, and homosexuality have divided and marginalized many of the faithful. With subsequent numbers of lapsed Catholics on the rise and the American clergy aging with fewer priests to take their place. Catholic scholar and teacher Penny Ryan is justly concerned with the future...