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CTSA: Papacy is a 'gift' but needs repair, leading ecumenist says
Posted on Jun 8, 2008 04:49am CST.By JOHN L. ALLEN JR.
Miami
The papacy is a “gift” of the Catholic church to other Christians, a leading Catholic ecumenist said this morning, but it needs “repair” before those other Christians are likely to accept it.
Specifically, Margaret O’Gara of the University of St. Michael’s College in Toronto called for a papacy that’s “less centralized, less authoritarian, and more respectful of the diversity of local churches.”
