LETTER: LETTER: Catholic Church hierarchy blind to evil of sex abuse.(Letters)

From: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland) | Date: November 7, 2005 | Copyright information

THE Catholic Church might appear to be facing its gravest and most desperate hour, but not so.

Historian JF Loughlin of Catholic Encyclopaedia fame wrote of the challenges that confronted Pope Adrian VI (16th century) upon his investiture: "...His Holiness had to reform a court that thrived on corruption, and detested the name of reform..."

In his first major address to his Christian flock, Pope Adrian launched a scathing attack on the Christian Church, which ...

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