Paul Collins is a historian, broadcaster, and writer. In March 2001 he resigned from the active priestly ministry of the Catholic Church due to a dispute with the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith over his book Papal Power. He has a master’s degree in theology (Th.M.) from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in history from the Australian National University. He was one of a thousand world religious leaders invited to attend the United Nations Millennium Peace Summit in New York City in August 2000. The author of several books on religion and ethics, he currently works as a freelance writer, speaker and broadcaster on environmental issues, social ethics, theology, history, and communication.

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