In the face of continued revelations of lapses in leadership by members of the hierarchy of the Church, many Catholics are tempted to leave “the Church.”  But who is the Church?  Is it the bishops and the archbishops here and in Rome?  What is the role of faithful members of the laity and religious men and women who are not bishops and archbishops?  

SPEAKERS:

John Carr, Director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University and former Director of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development

Amy Uelman, Visiting Lecturer at Georgetown Law School, Fellow at The Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs Institute and a member of the lay movement Focolare

Fr. Reginald Whitt, O.P., canon lawyer and former professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law