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Article: Vatican remains suspicious of lay demands: pressure from Boston clergy had more influence on Bernard Law's decision to resign. (Column).
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- National Catholic Reporter
- Article date:
- January 10, 2003
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The recent resignation of Cardinal Bernard Law as archbishop of Boston was the lead story in all of the major media outlets. What is its significance for Boston, for the Catholic church in the United States, and for the church universal?
For Boston it means, first of all, a brief respite from the strain of an extremely tense yearlong crisis. So much time and energy has been focused over the past several months on Law himself rather than on the task of devising strategies for working through this crisis and for rebuilding trust and hope within the archdiocese. A spirit of demoralization had taken hold, not only among the laity but within the clergy as well.
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