RECENT COLUMNS
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Robert Royal
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Bishop James D. Conley
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Randall Smith
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Casey Chalk
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St. John Henry Newman
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Sacred Spaces
Our Lady of Sorrows, Queen of Poland, Lichen
RECENT COLUMNS
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Robert Royal
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Bishop James D. Conley
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Randall Smith
-
Casey Chalk
-
St. John Henry Newman
NEWS
COMMENTARY
Governing by “motu proprio”
Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency
Thursday, February 17, 2022
The new document of Pope Francis, Assegnare alcune competenze (“Assigning some competencies”), seeks decentralization of Church decisions. In practice, the pope has imposed decentralization by centralizing decisions upon himself, without involving the Roman Curia or local bishops.