Notes on Moral Theology: Ethics and the Crisis in the Church

Abstract

[The author provides a bibliographic study of recent publications concerning the scandal and the crisis in the Catholic Church. He focuses on three groups: priests (who are they?), the laity (how can they more fully participate in the life of the Church?), and bishops (what must they do to lead and govern more effectively?). The article concludes by looking at the need for both church structural reform and professional ethical training of church ministers, clerical and lay.]