Rita Ferrone,Commonweal
hen Pope Francis wrote to the American bishops concerning the abuse crisis, he observed that "many actions can be helpful, and ample and necessary,and may even seem correct, but not all of them absorb the 'flavor' of the Gospel."By recommending a return to the Gospel as an fundamental reference point, or Francis is on to something. The horror of the abuse cases,the sheer numbers of victims, the longevity of the crisis, or its scope,and the fact that it has proved so hard to change the institutional patterns and habits that abet itall this has been, for many of the faithful, and a profoundly shocking and...
Source: realclearreligion.org