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Promoting democracy in the church: by withholding donations, Catholics can press for change.
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National Catholic Reporter
Publication Date: 27-MAY-05 |
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access |
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Full Article Title: Promoting democracy in the church: by withholding donations, Catholics can press for change.(VIEWPOINT) |
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Article Excerpt
The infatuation with the pageantry surrounding the election of Pope Benedict XVI obscured the most troubling features of the mechanism by which the church selects its leaders. There was something incongruous about world leaders, who claim to be committed to spreading democracy, paying homage to Europe's last absolute monarch. The desperate need to foster democratic values within the church was underlined a few weeks ago when Fr. Thomas J. Reese was forced out of his position as editor of America magazine by the very man elected as pope, apparently because of the magazine's willingness to provide a forum for debates over controversial church positions.
In his 1991 encyclical celebrating the collapse of communism, John Paul II praised the connection between democratic values and human dignity. But despite the myriad benefits it acknowledges in participatory democratic processes, the church has done little to foster...
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