The Priest And The Cardinal: Race And Rebellion In 1960S Los Angeles

As racial tensions in Los Angeles were escalating in the 1960s, a young Catholic priest, William DuBay, held a press conference in which he asked Pope Paul VI to remove Cardinal McIntyre from office as Archbishop of Los Angeles because of his opposition to the civil-rights movement. The next four chapters describe the conflicts with the Cardinal that led up to that shocking departure from accepted protocol. The last three chapters describe the aftermath of the press conference including the publication of DuBay's book, The Human Church. This work highlighted the structural faults in the Church that were causing the exodus of millions of Catholics, priests, and nuns from the Church. In a few years, one out of ten Americans would be ex-Catholic. As the story will show, DuBay was not acting alone, but always supported by many others, including fellow priests and a dedicated group of laypeople called Catholics United for Racial Equality (CURE). This is their story, too.

Author: William H. Dubay

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Jun 23, 2016

Number of Pages: 334 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1519258712

ISBN-13: 9781519258717