| Description |
xii, 276 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
As the controversy surrounding the Catholic Church deepens, this new book charges that liberal bishops, priests, and feminist nuns "discriminated against" and "black-balled" generations of devout Catholic men in favor of seminarians that reject Church teachings. Michael Rose, an investigative journalist, conducted more than 150 personal interviews that included 125 seminarians representing some fifty dioceses and twenty-two major seminaries over two years. Rose found that the shortage of priests is an internal crisis created by a network of pro-feminist, pro-homosexual liberals who favor artificial birth control and ordination of women. |
| Contents |
A manmade crisis : why Archbishop Curtiss said the priest shortage is "artificial and contrived" -- Stifling the call : how for some men the road to ordination is cut short before it really begins -- The gatekeeper phenomenon : how good men are often screened out during the seminary application process -- The gay subculture : how homosexual politics discriminates against healthy, heterosexual seminarians -- The heterodoxy downer : how false teaching demoralizes and discourages the aspiring priest -- Pooh-poohing piety : how traditional expressions of the faith often disqualify the orthodox seminarian -- Go see the shrink! : how psychological counseling is used to expel the good man from his seminary -- The vocational inquisition : how the orthodox seminarian is identified and persecuted -- Confronting the obstacles : one good man traces his tortuous route to ordination -- Heads in the sand : how complaints about the poor state of seminaries have gone unanswered -- A self-fulfilling prophecy : how a death wish for the male, celibate priesthood created an artificial priest shortage -- The right stuff : how to live up to the church's expectations for seminary life -- Where the men are : why orthodoxy begets vocations (or, How to learn from successful dioceses and seminaries). |
| Subject |
Vocation, Ecclesiastical.
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Liberalism (Religion) -- Catholic Church.
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| ISBN |
0895261448 alkaline paper |
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9780895261441 alkaline paper |
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