Appointment In Rome: The Church In America Awakening - Review

National Catholic Reporter, Feb 26, 1999 by GARY MacEOIN

There was, indeed, some debt forgiveness in 1990 in the context of the coming to power in Nicaragua of a government favored by the United States. But who forgave what? Russia forgave $3.14 billion and Mexico over $1 billion. The generosity of the Paris Club -- the seven wealthiest nations in the world -- was less than that of Mexico.

"This book is, above all, a story," Neuhaus writes in a preface. My Merriam Webster offers eight definitions of the word. It fits some of them but not all.

Author of a book on the Second Vatican Council and coauthor (with Redemptorist Fr. Francis X. Murphy) of a book on the first Synod of Bishops, MacEoin covered the Synod for America for NCR in 1997. He may be reached at gmaceoin@compuserve.com