Wheat and Tares: Restoring the Moral Vision of a Scandalized Church Fr Phillip

Wheat and Tares: Restoring the Moral Vision of a Scandalized Church Fr PhillipPaperback, 256 pages Although most Catholic priests are devout men who have sincerely committed their lives to Christ and His Church, they are also human beings with faults and failings. Some are cranky and stern, and others can be weak or indifferent. Some grapple with alcohol or sensuality, and others are controlled by money. In our day, thousands of priests have been exposed for committing the gravest of sins: abusing those who have been entrusted

How can we tolerate such deeds without trembling

George Rutler

popular local priest Philip Neri

poses the greatest challenge that the Catholic Church has faced since the Reformation

Even more memorable are her lyrical portrayals of conflicts in the souls and minds of powerful people

and a thought-provoking meditation on the ethical limits of knowledge

whereby in a practical way-through imitation of Mary-we may learn the secret of transformative suffering

he met Therese Neumann for the first time

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grating pressures of a harsh and unbelieving public

Empress Zita

Some people are just dying for change