In “The Catholic Revolution,” Andrew Greeley, another eminent sociologist (as well as a Roman ... laity, while popes, bishops, pastors, theologians, professors and every variety of church ...

The official commission for dialogue between the Roman Catholic and ... It adds that the Catholic Church can also "fruitfully learn from the inclusion of laity in decision-making structures ...

The biggest of all conflicts in the Roman Catholic ... in the late 1960s, the Catholic laity and the lower clergy _ parish priests and others _ began to turn away from church teaching on issues ...

The Catholic Church, based in Rome and headed by the Pope ... saw Catholicism (which post-Reformation was often labelled Roman Catholicism, though this is not a description much favoured by ...

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