![]() All have an illuminating insight or perspective. Some love the Church some feel intensely that the Church wronged them. Speaking their minds are businesspeople, actors and entertainers, educators, journalists, politicians, union leaders, nuns, priests-even a cardinal. The voices included here range from respectful to reproachful and from appreciative to angry. In an attempt to convey this sea change, Kennedy asked thirty-seven American Catholics to speak candidly about their own faith-whether lost, recovered, or deepened-and about their feelings regarding the way the Church hierarchy is moving forward. ” Now many of the old certainties are being reexamined. not only gave us all the answers, it even gave us the questions to ask. “Generations ago,” says Kennedy, “the search for spirituality came predefined and prepackaged. As an adult, she came to question some of the attitudes and teachings of the Catholic Church while remaining an impassioned believer in its role as a defender of the poor and oppressed. For Kerry Kennedy, who grew up in a devoutly Catholic household coping with great loss, her family’s faith was a constant source of strength and solace. ![]()
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