Priest Says . . . Early Church Showed How Saints Can Arise From Scandalous Lives
By DEXTER DUGGAN PHOENIX — Social media have opened up so much information today that the lives of leaders are laid bare, the director of the All Saints Catholic Newman Center at Arizona State University, in suburban Tempe, said at a presentation of the Institute of Catholic Theology (ictphx.org), which offers continuing education for adult Catholics. And usually the leaders have failed regarding sex or power, Fr. Rob Clements told the May 4 program of the ICT, which is based at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish here. “This never seems to end,” he said. “. . . Does anyone believe in forgiveness anymore? Is there any coming back from scandal?…The calendar of saints is dotted with individuals who have been…Continue Reading