Has Ecclesiastic Rule of Law Turned into Dictatorship?
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Writing on Twitter (December 12), he mentions a case before the Church’s Supreme Court Apostolic Signatura regarding a decree of the Congregation for the Clergy.
The prefect of the Congregation, Cardinal Beniamino Stella, feared his [unjust] decree could be overturned on appeal and therefore convinced Pope Francis to turn it into a papal decree that cannot be judged nor appealed.
Twitter-User Matthew Roth comments, "With respect, the term ‘dictator pope’ is applicable here.”
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