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March 01, 2013

Reuters: “Believing without belonging” challenges Catholicism – NY Cardinal Dolan

by Tom Heneghan
Reuters

Roman Catholicism faces a serious challenge from the rising number of people who believe in God but no longer see any need for a church, according to New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan.

Opinion research shows that some people today have problems “with the very nature and meaning of the church”, Dolan, in Rome to prepare for a conclave to elect a replacement to the retired Pope Benedict, told Reuters in an interview.

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