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This Insights eNewsletter was sent to subscribers on March 28, 2014.

eNewsletter Subject: Catholic Accountability

I see an important and very welcome theme of accountability in recent Catholic news. I mean accountability within the Church.

Some of this comes from the Pope himself, some from bishops who understand the fraternal correction required by collegiality. Consider these three news stories:

• Vatican abuse commission member: bishops must be held accountable
• Pope meets privately with ousted 'bling bishop'
• Archbishop Chaput weighs in on German bishops' stance on Communion for remarried

I also notice that potential correctives to Cardinal Kasper's thesis on pastoral care of the divorced and remarried continue to be issued (I've discussed this in a previous message). For example, theologian Juan José Perez Soba has written this Critique of Cardinal Kasper's Speech on Marriage....

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