From the only reliable source of Catholic news on the net, Eye of the Tiber:
Just days after Pope Francis called for a “healthy decentralization” of power in the Catholic Church, Bishops at the Synod have now announced that they are calling for a “healthy decentralization” of power in their dioceses, giving more decision-making authority for local pastors.
When PopeWatch attempted to contact the Pope at the Vatican about all this, his call was answered by Mabel at the diocese of
Lubbock. Apparently the Vatican has decentralized its phone operation. Mabel tried for an hour to connect me with the Vatican but she kept being connected to various parishes around the country. Boy was she ticked! After an hour she gave up and told me, “Perhaps you should just send them a fax or e-mail”?
Obviously this is but a frail lukewarm attempt at decentralization (that anti-hierarchal impulse) and needs to be cleaned up.
I would recommend they go much further away from Roman authoritarianism by moving a lot of that authority into the skilled hands of the young male and female alter-servers, also, any ushers, who by merit of longevity, (10 years or longer collecting) will receive the same honors.
Diversity is heavenly!
That really made me laugh! Habemus a lot of papam! And we don’t have to treat Francis’ document as authoritative! …because
for some reason the words “2nd law of thermodynamics” come to mind as I read early reports from Rome. I may become dependent upon the laughter provided by EOTT.
Entropy will either increase or remain the same– there is really no going back. One cannot unsay what has been said. or grab back from the cultural boiling pot…
Scanned the post too quickly. Got wound up. Did a double check to make sure this was Eye of the Tiber. The quotes were so plausible. Whew. Of course……………………