November 6, 2009 / Volume CXXXVI, Number 19   ARTICLE

The Tightrope

Loyalty, Independence & the Catholic Press

John Wilkins

In the Catholic media today, it is becoming harder all the time to keep a free space for public opinion inside the church. A fictional letter from a hierarch may help to illustrate the pressures. (...)

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ABOUT THE WRITER

John Wilkins

John Wilkins, former editor of the Tablet of London, is now working on a book about the implementation of Vatican II. Funding for this article was provided by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation.

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• Not Quite Comedy
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• Quite Contrary
• Risk & Responsibility
• The Unquenchable Thirst
• When Bigger Is Better
• ‘Sister X,’ Vatican II & women religious
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• Cross Examination by Sister X
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• Anglican Annex by John Garvey
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