The Courage to be Catholic: Crisis, Reform and the Future of the Church Book

The Catholic Churchin America is in a state of crisis. But what does the crisis really involve? Where did it come from? And how might the Church turn crisis into opportunity? Bestselling author and theologian George Weigel argues that the path to genuine Catholic reform does not lie in accommodating the truth to the spirit of the age, but in a renewed commitment to living the fullness of Catholic faith. As no other commentator or critic has done, Weigel situates the current crisis of sexual abuse and episcopal malfeasance in the context of recent Catholic history. With unflinching honesty and critical rigor, he analyzes the Church's failure to embrace the great spiritual promise of Vatican II, resulting in the gradual but steady surrender to contemporary culture he dubs Catholic Lite. Drawing upon his unparalleled knowledge of the Church in America and Rome, Weigel exposes theRead More