Amanpour and Company

June 12, 2019

Emily Lau joins the program to discuss a controversial bill being pushed forward in Hong Kong. Eliot Higgins and Christiaan Triebert discuss the new documentary "Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World." Former catholic priest James Caroll explains why priesthood should be abolished.

James Carroll Explains Why Priesthood Should Be Abolished

18m 2s

Nearly two decades after the sex abuse horrors in the Catholic Church were exposed, a new Pew poll finds more than 25% of U.S. Catholics say they’re skipping church more and pulling back on donations because of it. Author James Carroll is one of the disillusioned, but he’s no ordinary churchgoer. A former priest, he now has a radical idea for how the Church can save itself: abolish the priesthood.

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