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Article: Bernardin answers Common Ground critics.(excerpts of Aug 29, 1996 press statement by Cardinal Joseph Bernardin)(Transcript)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- September 6, 1996
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Following are excerpts from a 2,500 word statement, released just before press time Aug. 29, by Chicago's Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, responding to critics of his Catholic Common Ground initiative announced last month.
On Aug. 12, I announced an initiative aimed at getting beyond the entrenched positions and polarization that I believe are blocking critically needed fresh thinking about the challenges facing the Catholic church in the United States. There have been many strong reactions to the announcement of the formation of the Catholic Common Ground Project, much of it very favorable, some of it decidedly critical. I thought it would be helpful to respond, ...