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This critical review of the Roman Catholic Church since the pivotal changes initiated in the 1960s by Vatican II paints a disturbing picture of decline and corruption. Dr. Paul L. Williams, a self-professed Tridentine or traditionalist Catholic, traces the various factors that have caused the Church to suffer cataclysmic losses in all aspects of its life and worship in recent decades. Williams illustrates the decline with telling statistics showing the stark difference between the robust number of clergy members, parishes, schools, and active church-going Catholics in 1965 versus the comparatively paltry number today. The author is highly critical of Popes Paul VI, John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis for steering the church so far away from its traditional teachings and for a lack of oversight that allowed corruption to fester. Symptomatic of this failure of leadership are the recent pedophilia scandals, the ongoing financial corruption, a gay prostitution ring inside the Vatican, and criminal investigations of connections between the Holy See and organized crime.⁻?
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Child sexual abuse by clergy, Corrupt practices, Clergy, Sexual behavior, Catholic Church, History, Catholic church, history, Catholic church, clergy, Child sexual abuse, Catholic Church -- History -- 20th century, Catholic Church -- History -- 21st century, Catholic Church -- Clergy -- Sexual behavior, Catholic Church -- Corrupt practicesTimes
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Among the ruins: the decline and fall of the Roman Catholic Church
2017, Prometheus Books
in English
1633883035 9781633883031
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-333) and index.
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