According to “Praedicate Evangelium,” a layperson—man or woman—could appoint a bishop to a diocese. Do you really want to justify “Praedicate Evangelium” with the devastating consequences this document has for the sacramentality of the Church? Your Eminence: In an article published on vaticannews.va, you have attempted to legitimize the fact that Popes Francis and Leo XIV have de facto annulled the Second Vatican Council with regard to the relationship between the sacrament of orders and the potestas sacra (LG 21). These popes have appointed laypeople to ecclesiastical offices that involve the exercise of the potestas sacra, for which these laypeople, however, lack the capacity due to the absence of the sacrament of orders. You try to justify this approach with the charisms generated by the Holy Spirit. At the same time, in three points of your text, you emphasize that it is necessary to deepen the study of the importance of charisms in the Church and their relationship with the …