LONDON - 29 October 2007 - 100 words
TLS
praises book on future of Church
This week's Times Literary Supplement features a review of The
Future of the Catholic Church in Britain by Tom Horwood.
In his review, Fr Peter Cornwell suggests that "the Church
sits on vast untapped resources of an increasingly well-educated
and articulate laity". He writes that Horwood analyses what
has gone wrong in the Church and "begins to show how things
could be changed for the better". Fr Cornwell argues that
there are "issues of power and structure" which cannot
be dodged and which "may need Tom Horwood's cultural revolution".
Mr Horwood, who worked for the bishops from 1996 to 2002, published
the book in response to Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor's call for "a
lot more lay people to speak out". He argues for a strategic
approach in tackling the challenges facing the Church. The book
has generated lively discussion in the media, including the Times,
Sunday Telegraph, Guardian and the Catholic press, and on websites.
More information on The Future of the Catholic Church in Britain
is at www.futurecatholic.org.uk
This week's TLS also includes John Cornwell's review of Dan Kurzman's
book on Pius XII and Adam Smyth on a new collection of essays
entitled Religion in Revolutionary England.
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