The Catholic Church has a leadership problem. Lay people can help.

The Catholic Church, according to this week’s guest, is facing not
one but two crises. The first is the sexual abuse of children and
its cover-up; the second is a complete break down of trust in
church leadership. Kerry Alys Robinson has been working to confront
both over a decade as the founding executive director of Leadership
Roundtable, a group that brings together clergy, religious and
laypeople to promote the best practices in the areas of finance,
human resources and management. We ask Kerry about the biggest
obstacles to greater lay involvement in church governance, what
concrete steps the bishops and laypeople can take to restore trust
and protect children, and how women and mothers, in particular, can
lead the way. In Signs of the Times this week, we take a look at
the religious make-up of the new Congress and discuss an update to
the church’s teaching on hysterectomies. Plus: The U.S. bishops are
on retreat to pray about the sex abuse crisis. Should they be doing
something instead? And finally, a laywoman is picked to head a
parish in New Haven—and the layman who has pretended to be a priest
for 18 years is finally caught. You can let us know what you think
about our conversation with Kerry or any of our stories in our
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    Links from the show How many members of the new
Congress are Catholic? Jesuit priest remains House Chaplain in new
Congress Hysterectomy can be morally licit in limited situations,
Vatican says Why are the bishops praying about the abuse crisis
instead of doing something about it? Sex Abuse Crisis: What
dioceses have released names (so far)? Bishop Announces New
Leadership Model At St. Anthony Shocking: Man Caught Pretending to
be a Catholic Priest After 18 Years, Here’s the Details  
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