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The Catholic Church : what everyone needs to know / John L. Allen Jr.

by Allen, John L., 1965-

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Oxford University Press, 2014, c2013.

Catholic Church -- Doctrines.

Theology, Doctrinal.

What everyone needs to know.

9780199379804 (2014 Oxford University Press pbk.)

viii, 298 p. ; 22 cm.

First published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Catholic Church 101 -- Historical highlights and lowlights -- The church outside "the church" -- The life of the mind -- Worship -- Angels, demons, and saints -- Faith and politics -- Catholicism and sex -- Catholicism and money -- Crisis and scandal -- Rome and America -- New frontiers.

"Roman Catholicism stands at a crossroads, a classic ''best of times, worst of times'' moment. On the one hand, the Catholic Church remains by far the largest branch of the worldwide Christian family, and is growing at a remarkable clip. Yet the Church has also been rocked by a series of scandals related to the sexual abuse of minors by clergy, and, even more devastating, the cover-up by the Church hierarchy. The decade-long crisis has taken a massive financial toll, but the blow to both the internal morale and the external moral standing of the Church has been even steeper. An authoritative and accessible guide to the past, present, and future of the Church"--Provided by publisher.

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