The Narthex
Please, No More Documents from Rome!
Church teaching goes from fresh and radical to utterly boring
By Barbara Rose | October 15th 2018 7:58 PMDoes the Synod of Bishops on Young People, running this month in Rome, strike anyone else as same-old same-old? The Church continues to come across as bureaucratic and uninspiring. Aside from some free trips to Rome for some motivated young people, it's hard to see how a train of meetings…
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Group will help cardinals learn transparency
By Barbara Rose | October 4th 2018 5:55 PMMany a cardinal and bishop has praised lay involvement in the Church. One wonders if involvement by ex-FBI agents is what some didn't have in mind? A group of American laymen called Better Church Governance (BCG) is launching a new initiative to assess cardinals’ records on combatting abuse and corruption,…
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Adjusting to a decadent milieu
By Barbara Rose | September 28th 2018 3:52 PMThe de facto split in the Church's hierarchy -- between orthodox and heterodox bishops, or traditional and liberal bishops -- manifests itself even in administrative details such as the bishops' retirement. The current Church-wide system of bishops automatically tendering their resignations at age 75 but not actually retiring until the…
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