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The Art of Catholic with Matthew Leonard

080: On the Current Crisis in the Catholic Church

The Art of Catholic with Matthew Leonard

Matthew Leonard

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9831 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

These are not easy times for Catholics. I've received a lot of emails from people, and had a lot of conversations over the last several weeks with Catholics on the brink of despair. How could this happen? What is going on? What are we going to do? I share your pain and confusion...deeply. And while I'm horrified by daily revelations about the cancer that is eating our Church alive, I also know that Christ is King and His Church will endure. In this episode of the Art of Catholic I'm going to weigh in on where I find myself coming down in all of this. And I want to provide some food for thought and prayer as we continue to watch all of this unfold. It's my desire to give you some hope and a plan of action. The crisis isn't going away. It shouldn't go away. It needs to be dealt with immediately. But I also want to remind you why the Catholic Church is, and will always be, holy...in spite of humanity's best attempts to muck it up. Blessings, Matthew P.S. Join me for a time of spiritual renewal in March 2019: Rome, Assisi, Orvieto, LaVerna, and much, much more! Check it out here!           Grab your FREE copy of my quick guide to deeper prayer 8 Ways To Jumpstart Your Prayer Life!

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0:00.0

Lord to whom shall we go?

0:06.6

You have the words of eternal life.

0:09.0

John 668.

0:10.8

Welcome to the art of Catholic.

0:12.0

The podcast that dives into the truth, beauty, and goodness of the Catholic faith and seeks

0:16.6

to take your practice of it to the next level.

0:19.4

My name is Matthew Leonard and I'm thankful that you're with me today wherever you are

0:23.0

in the world.

0:24.8

And wherever you are in the world, you've probably heard about the abuse crisis which

0:28.9

is causing so much damage in the church.

0:31.4

And that's what I want to address.

0:34.4

And like all of you, I am completely sick into the core by all of this.

0:40.0

And if you're wondering, hey, how come method and play as normal intro music and all the

0:43.6

rest, you know, it just didn't seem appropriate for this episode.

0:46.3

It has been a rough few weeks in the church

0:48.3

to say the least.

0:49.9

And these are dark times.

0:51.4

But I also think that we're only recognizing the darkness

0:54.1

because the light that is finally being shown,

0:56.6

which is what needs to happen for healing

0:59.7

and necessary action to occur.

1:03.0

So let me just start with this.

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