The disastrous "bad governance" legacy of Vatican II and John Paul II
"Benedict XVI is by himself" The disastrous "bad governance" legacy of Vatican II and John Paul II There is the sentiment that the Vatican suffers from bad governance, is that new? In reality, John …More
"Benedict XVI is by himself"
The disastrous "bad governance" legacy of Vatican II and John Paul II
There is the sentiment that the Vatican suffers from bad governance, is that new?
In reality, John Paul II left aside some particularly sensitive matters, without truly taking charge of them, and his successor partly pays the price of this incompetence. For instance, the question of the Legionaries of Christ, whose founder was left in place while his sexual deviations were known, at least partly. In the same way, he did not take serious charge of the consequences of the pedophilia cases, and particularly with the juridical questions on the way guilty priests should be treated. Or also, following the moment in which the Lefebvrist broke negotiations, John Paul II allowed the schism with the Traditionalists to take hold.
Finally, was not the Vatican always a place of intrigue?
Yes, but, before, this intrigue was mostly motivated by the desire to occupy positions. ... What is new today is the …More
The disastrous "bad governance" legacy of Vatican II and John Paul II
There is the sentiment that the Vatican suffers from bad governance, is that new?
In reality, John Paul II left aside some particularly sensitive matters, without truly taking charge of them, and his successor partly pays the price of this incompetence. For instance, the question of the Legionaries of Christ, whose founder was left in place while his sexual deviations were known, at least partly. In the same way, he did not take serious charge of the consequences of the pedophilia cases, and particularly with the juridical questions on the way guilty priests should be treated. Or also, following the moment in which the Lefebvrist broke negotiations, John Paul II allowed the schism with the Traditionalists to take hold.
Finally, was not the Vatican always a place of intrigue?
Yes, but, before, this intrigue was mostly motivated by the desire to occupy positions. ... What is new today is the …More
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I think one could make a distinction between the personal holiness and piety of Blessed Pope JPII, and his administrative skills or lack of. They are not the same.
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I think these article is exaggerated!you cannot blame too much to a person or a council the thing that is happening you have to look both side before judging and to judge it objectively
and prudently!
and prudently!
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Overdue for the SSPX to help bring back what has been lost for the past 50 yrs.
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Comments from Rorate Caeli:
All in all another indictment of Vll and its aftermath. Just about EVERYTHING that came before was discarded. Yes, JPll was as a person a "superstar" to the world. But as Pope his long reign did nothing whatsoever to halt or reverse the "spirit of Vll" but rather kept it alive and well. And, yes, therefore his successor inherited a disobedient, ungovernable, mess. I am …More
Comments from Rorate Caeli:
All in all another indictment of Vll and its aftermath. Just about EVERYTHING that came before was discarded. Yes, JPll was as a person a "superstar" to the world. But as Pope his long reign did nothing whatsoever to halt or reverse the "spirit of Vll" but rather kept it alive and well. And, yes, therefore his successor inherited a disobedient, ungovernable, mess. I am afraid the rushed title of "blessed" was way, way premature and imprudent.
Many, many things need to be reversed post haste.
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The results of almost 50 years of grossly negligent leaderhip in Rome confronts His Holiness with insolvable difficulties. In addition to that the unparalleled catastrophic training of priests, even in once so prestigious roman colleges, offers only a very modest reservoir for possible future senior staff in the dicasteries.
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Where is all this going?, I wonder.
As to the appointment of bishops, under Benedict XVI, it has slowed considerably and, in certain months over the last three years, it almost stopped. But nothing is comparable to the virtual cessation of replacing bishops which has occurred from Spy Wednesday to the present day. He is appointing auxiliaries again and a few coadjutors after a quiet period even for them. But he rarely appoints diocesans now. It seems likely that he has, in practice already raised the retirement age to 78, replacing bishops under 78 only for grave causes (illness, &c.).
Part of the problem is that, thanks to collegiality and the decentralisation of power, there are now nearly 3,000 dioceses in the world. This Pope is 85 years old. How can he give due attention to replacing so many bishops? The metropolitan archbishops have been weakened by the Vatican II call for each diocesan to be the apostle of his own see, and the episcopal conferences don't have powers of governance. It leaves each little bishop as the local god in his bailiwick. I'd go the opposite way: greatly enlarge dioceses and reduce their number severely, and restore the oversight of the metropolitans, giving them some teeth.
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All in all another indictment of Vll and its aftermath. Just about EVERYTHING that came before was discarded. Yes, JPll was as a person a "superstar" to the world. But as Pope his long reign did nothing whatsoever to halt or reverse the "spirit of Vll" but rather kept it alive and well. And, yes, therefore his successor inherited a disobedient, ungovernable, mess. I am afraid the rushed title of "blessed" was way, way premature and imprudent.
Many, many things need to be reversed post haste.
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The results of almost 50 years of grossly negligent leaderhip in Rome confronts His Holiness with insolvable difficulties. In addition to that the unparalleled catastrophic training of priests, even in once so prestigious roman colleges, offers only a very modest reservoir for possible future senior staff in the dicasteries.
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Where is all this going?, I wonder.
As to the appointment of bishops, under Benedict XVI, it has slowed considerably and, in certain months over the last three years, it almost stopped. But nothing is comparable to the virtual cessation of replacing bishops which has occurred from Spy Wednesday to the present day. He is appointing auxiliaries again and a few coadjutors after a quiet period even for them. But he rarely appoints diocesans now. It seems likely that he has, in practice already raised the retirement age to 78, replacing bishops under 78 only for grave causes (illness, &c.).
Part of the problem is that, thanks to collegiality and the decentralisation of power, there are now nearly 3,000 dioceses in the world. This Pope is 85 years old. How can he give due attention to replacing so many bishops? The metropolitan archbishops have been weakened by the Vatican II call for each diocesan to be the apostle of his own see, and the episcopal conferences don't have powers of governance. It leaves each little bishop as the local god in his bailiwick. I'd go the opposite way: greatly enlarge dioceses and reduce their number severely, and restore the oversight of the metropolitans, giving them some teeth.
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