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Clericalism
Timeline Headlines
A call to communion: Pope Francis' letter to the Syro-Malabar Church
US bishops' latest display of desperation has roots in years of dysfunction
By Tom Roberts
Links: Declericalizing seminary formation; petition for those who hate billionaires
Francis' new ministry of catechist may help shrink the clergy-laity gap
Your thoughts on if the church can change
By NCR Staff