by Willy Slavin

Willy Slavin reviews Is Catholicism Reformable? Michael M Winter Upfront, 2021

Michael Winter was ordained a priest for the Catholic diocese of Southwark in 1955. He worked for nine years in a variety of parishes. Later he pursued further studies in theology at the universities of London, Cambridge, and Fribourg (Switzerland), where he was awarded the Doctorate in Theology in 1977. He resigned from the clergy in 1986 and turned to university teaching, and writing.

My attention was caught by the title of this book and the promise it held of a forensic examination of the case for reform. The evidence presented is wide ranging, insightful and informative. There is no doubting that Michael Winter has a comprehensive understanding of the Church in action and a breadth of scholarship that allows him to build the case for reform convincingly and incisively.