Pope John XXIII is supposed to have justified the reforms of the Second Vatican Council by saying: “I want to throw open the windows of the church so that we can see out and the people can see in.” Did he consider that Catholics might be scandalized by what they saw?
On July 20, the Pillar, an eight-month-old Catholic newsletter, published an investigative report that rattled the institutional church, caused a prominent priest to resign from a national leadership position and ignited a fierce debate over privacy, priestly celibacy, homosexuality among the clergy and journalistic ethics.
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