Written by Robert Blair Kaiser (Knopf, 2006). Kaiser examines some of the most important and divisive issues confronting the Church: the sex abuse scandal, a shortage of priests due to the insistence upon celibacy, the ban on contraception, the roles of women in the Church, and the increased participation of laypeople in Church affairs while giving an in-depth and behind-the-scenes view of six of the cardinals who gathered in Rome in April 2005 to choose the new pope.
| Website | http://www.amazon.com/Church-Search-Itself-Benedict-Battle/dp/030727814X |
| Categories | Beliefs & practices, Clergy, Congregations, Faith leaders |
| Locations | Europe, Global, United States of America, Vatican City |
| Faiths | Catholicism, Christianity |
| Languages | English |