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...first-rate new studies line up more or less on the side of time and the liberals. Peter Steinfels' A People Adrift (Simon & Schuster; 392 pages,) and David Gibson's The Coming Catholic Church (HarperSanFrancisco; 350 pages) are both thoughtful, moderate in their judgments and worried. "If the church does not change," says Gibson, "Catholicism will hardly disappear. But it will face the sadder fate of a slow-motion enervation...
...make better arguments for change than ideology can. In the 1950s there was one priest for every 650 American Catholics. By 2005, according to one survey, there could be one priest for every 2,200. Many American priests are overworked, demoralized by loneliness and scandal, underrespected. According to Gibson's statistics, more than 3,000 (out of 19,000) U.S. parishes are without a resident pastor, and about 2,400 are forced to share a pastor. In the meantime, the exodus from nunneries has been spectacular...
...Gibson is a traditionalist Catholic who may care little what the more liberal Bishops' Conference thinks. But the guidelines' very existence and concerned tone suggest the sensitivity of the issue facing anyone translating the Passion for stage and screen: Is it possible to do a biblically accurate drama about Jesus' trial and death without feeding anti-Semitism...
...accounting that, regardless of whether he heeds the advisory, Gibson will no doubt be asked to make...
...repercussions if they cooperated with the U.N., and Broucher surmised that Kelly agonized over betraying his contacts. The revelation brought the investigation face to face with Kelly's pain. The emotional pitch will remain high at least until late this week, when Blair is scheduled to testify. --By Helen Gibson...