Letter to a Suffering Church
By Bishop Robert Barron
Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, 57pp, 99p/$1.25 (kindle)
A priest for 33 years and a bishop for four, Bishop Robert Barron is one of the Catholic Church’s foremost teachers of the faith. His clear, no-nonsense, accessible approach to explaining Catholicism has drawn countless Catholics to a more intentional practice of the faith. Now he wants to keep them from walking away.
A 2019 Gallup Poll found that 37 per cent of Catholics said that news of the abuse crisis had led them to question whether they would remain in the Church. Barron’s message to them is blunt and urgent: don’t leave; stay and fight. Stay and contribute to the reform and renewal our Church desperately needs.
