Pope Wants to Decentralize the Nomination of Bishops
The group of nine cardinals around Pope Francis considered at its June 12-14 meeting new ways to appoint bishops. They envisaged to transfer some faculties from Rome to the local bishops, Vatican …More
The group of nine cardinals around Pope Francis considered at its June 12-14 meeting new ways to appoint bishops. They envisaged to transfer some faculties from Rome to the local bishops, Vatican spokesman Greg Burke said at a press conference June 14.
Burke mentioned a "fuller consultation" of lay and religious people when a bishop is appointed.
Further, the council of cardinals considered handing over powers to the dioceses such as allowing widowed permanent deacons to remarry so that one diocese would allow them to do so and the other not.
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Burke mentioned a "fuller consultation" of lay and religious people when a bishop is appointed.
Further, the council of cardinals considered handing over powers to the dioceses such as allowing widowed permanent deacons to remarry so that one diocese would allow them to do so and the other not.
Picture: © Paval Hadzinski, CC BY-NC-ND , #newsKwhohfstqk
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It is written and executed. The issue is what does sound mean? "Nor do I believe that the papal magisterium should be expected to offer a definitive or complete word on every question which affects the Church and the world. It is not advisable for the Pope to take the place of local Bishops in the discernment of every issue which arises in their territory. In this sense, I am conscious of the need …More
It is written and executed. The issue is what does sound mean? "Nor do I believe that the papal magisterium should be expected to offer a definitive or complete word on every question which affects the Church and the world. It is not advisable for the Pope to take the place of local Bishops in the discernment of every issue which arises in their territory. In this sense, I am conscious of the need to promote a sound “decentralization”. [Evangelium Gaudium, par. 16]
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Jungerheld: hence, we have Protestantism!
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...one wants to admit adulterers to communion, another does not; one wants to approve abortion up to 18 weeks as long as the mother and father maintain a furrowed brow, another does not; one thinks the abortion pill in hospitals is needed, another does not; one believes same-sex marriage is fine, another does not...