Monday, January 16, 2017

Ethicist says ghostwriter's role in 'Amoris' is troubling

"It turns out that the most important footnote in 'Amoris Laetitia' may be one that's not there, because a key passage of the document is lifted almost verbatim from a 1995 essay in theology by Archbishop Victor Fernandez -- raising troubling questions about Fernandez's role as ghostwriter, and the magisterial force of his ideas."

Read more: Michael Pakaluk, "Ethicist says ghostwriter's role in 'Amoris' is troubling" (Crux, January 15, 2017)

[Hat tip to Janet Smith]

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