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Article: Apostrophe, where art thou? Today's churches are missing the mark.(VIEWPOINT)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- April 15, 2005
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Bishop Matthew Harvey Clark of the Rochester, N.Y., Roman Catholic diocese, knows the vertiginous changes that affect the modern church: the dwindling supply of priests, the falling church attendance, the ravages of the sex abuse crisis and the increasing demands for lay ministries.
Just last October he joined the New York State delegation of Catholic bishops, under the leadership of the archbishop of New York, who travel every five years to the Vatican for ad limina (or "to the thresholds of the apostles") visits to report to various church departments on the condition of their dioceses.
At the end of days spent with officials, including a personal ...