By Russel Shaw, Our Sunday VisitorMutual incomprehension between journalists and the Vatican has been central to the blunders and hostilities in sex abuse coverage
The controversy over Pope Benedict XVI’s handling of clergy sex abuse is a classic example of the clash of two profoundly different cultures — the culture of contemporary secular journalism and the culture of ecclesiastical bureaucracy at the highest level of the Church. It illustrates the harm that comes from miscommunication or no communication between them.
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