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Article Baltimore Flop Scapegoating gay priests and pining for a world in which most Catholics agree with church teaching on birth control is no way to confront the abuse crisis By John Gehring November 21, 2018 Bishops Sexual-abuse Crisis U.S. Catholicism Pope Francis
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Article Who Represents the Laity? Apart from a few groups adept at self-promotion, there is still a lack of representation of the Catholic laity as such. That needs to change By Massimo Faggioli November 7, 2018 Laity Pope Francis Bishops