KJeep the Third World actually Catholic priests. Let them appoint new parish councils. If anyone objects, the Church door swings both ways. It isn't as though we claimed to be a democracy rather than a Church.
We elect our parish councils.
If the pastor appoints the council, why have one? Just let the priest run the parish, since he's surrounding himself with "yes" men anyway.
Our pastor never talks about money; the stewardship committee people do that. He never talks about lay ministries in the parish; the stewardship committee people do that.
That's why the number of people involved in ministry has tripled over the past three years, and our average Sunday collection tops $30,000.