Dilema (Spanish Edition)

Father Cutié was one of the U.S. Spanish-speaking world's most visible, well-known, and controversial Catholic priests. After being ordained in 1995, he served in various parishes before being asked to host a daily Spanish-language TV show and to lead Radio Paz, the first 24-hour Catholic radio station in the country. His openness and calm and sensitive advice soon led people to refer to him as Father Oprah. But his world came tumbling down when photos showing him and a woman caressing and kissing on a Miami beach were published and spread over the Internet. Now married and a priest in the Episcopalian Diocese of Southeast Florida, Cutié's Dilema is the story of the evolution of his personal, spiritual, and theoretical conflict with the Catholic Church. It is a heartfelt, straightforward, and sensitive account of the hypocrisy, dishonesty, and rigidity of the Catholic hierarchy, which Cutié slowly became aware of and led to his disenchantment with the Church he had vowed to serve for life. Cutié openly discusses his conflict with the Church's teachings and actions on homosexuality and celibacy in the priesthood, the handling of the pedophile scandals, contraception, divorce, and the role of women in the Church. Told in a simple, personal, and engaging style, Father Cutié's story will appeal to fans of his TV and radio shows, to critics of the Catholic Church, as well as to all Latino Catholics. Highly recommended for all public libraries, as well as general and Christian bookstores.—Yolanda J. Cuesta, Cuesta MultiCultural Consulting, Sacramento, CA