Catholic Church reform plan unveiled in award-winning book
in Facebook Postsย ย ย There's no doubt the Catholic Church has lots of room for improvement.
ย ย ย ย Theologians and others who have the Church's best interests at heart have been saying this for a very long time.
ย ย ย ย One such theologian is John Wijngaards, who is revealing his 10-part plan for Church reform in his new book titled "๐๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ: ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ช๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด๐ต." The book is theologically sound, and recently was named "Best Book by a Small Publisher," awarded by the Catholic Media Assn. (Two years earlier, Wijngaards won the same award for another of his books, "๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ: ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต."
ย ย ย ย Among his recommendations is that the Church open its doors to women to serve in the diaconate and priesthood. Another is that priests should be allowed to marry. Yet another is that the Pope should appoint open-minded, pastoral bishops โ not narrow-minded bureaucrats who are intent on blocking all Church reform. Wijngaards' books are available from the publisher at www.acadianhouse.com/spirituality-enlightenment. "Hopefully, you will see how these changes for the better will breathe new life into a Church that has been stuck in the Middle Ages for far too long," Wijngaards writes.
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