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The article was published on 1952-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 5 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Canon law & Church history.read more
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Management in the Catholic Church: corporate governance
TL;DR: In this article, a model of corporate governance at the diocesan level of a large religious organization, the Catholic Church, is presented, focusing on the individual, rather than at the Supreme Pontiff or his Roman Curia.
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Papal policy towards conflict in the Australian Catholic missions : the relationship between John Bede Polding, O.S.B., archbishop of Sydney, and the Sacred Congregation, De Propaganda Fide, 1842-1874
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a solution to solve the problem of the problem: this paper ] of "uniformity" and "uncertainty" of the solution.
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Book Review: Sacrifice in Greek and Roman Religions and Early Judaism:
TL;DR: Yerkes as discussed by the authors investigates the nature and role of sacrifice in those ancient religions which formed the environment of the nascent Christian Church, and thus prepare the way for a more thorough study of the Christian notion of sacrifice.
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The Catholic Church abuse scandal in Ireland: two steps forward, one step back by Pope Francis?
Abstract: PurposeIreland is viewed as the shining base for Catholicism. That image is shattered as survivors revealed the abuse in the Magdalene Laundries and Mother and Baby Homes, and sexual abuse by priests. This study aims to examine image repair efforts by the Pope during his August 2018 visit.Design/methodology/approachExamined against the Letter of His Holiness released days earlier, this study evaluates all the Pope's speeches during his visit to Ireland using the image repair theory (Benoit and Pang, 2008) as its theoretical lens.FindingsPope Francis used the evasion of responsibility strategy to address the Magdalene Laundries and Mother and Baby Homes scandal and denial, corrective action and mortification for sex abuse crisis.Research limitations/implicationsAddresses call by Ferguson et al. (2018) to examine the consistency and effectiveness of strategies.Practical implicationsBeyond rhetoric, stakeholders would be looking to organizational leaders to provide relief and concrete steps to recover from their pain.Originality/valueA leader's narratives represent the organization's narratives; thus, insights from this study can help leaders plan what they should say when conducting image repair. It is not just their own reputations that are on the line but, in this case, it is also the reputations of the people they represent