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The qualities the next pope will need
Posted Feb 25, 2013
Media Outlet:
Philadelphia Inquirer
The drama of the modern Catholic Church continues Thursday as Pope Benedict XVI lays down his papacy until the election of a new pope. Some think all Catholics should have a say in who runs the church. "I should be involved in some substantive way in decisions affecting my life," says Leonard Swidler, professor of Catholic thought and interreligious dialogue at Temple. "If we are adults, then we should participate in decisions that substantively affect our lives."