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Pope in 'tectonic' shake-up of Vatican bureaucracy
France 24 ^

Posted on 03/19/2022 11:29:57 AM PDT by FarCenter

min Vatican City (AFP) – Pope Francis on Saturday followed through on a promise made ahead of his 2013 election and published a much-anticipated shake-up of the Vatican's powerful governing body.

The new constitution, which comes into effect on June 5, restructures parts of the unruly Roman Curia, and makes increasing the world's 1.2 billion Catholics the church's number one priority.

Among the most significant changes are the possibility for lay and female Catholics to head up Vatican departments, and the incorporation of the pope's sex abuse advisory commission into the Curia.

"Pope Francis has been working on a new organizational structure for the Vatican for nine years. It's a major aspect of his legacy," Joshua McElwee from the National Catholic Reporter said on Twitter.

(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
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1 posted on 03/19/2022 11:29:57 AM PDT by FarCenter
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To: FarCenter

Pope Soros.


2 posted on 03/19/2022 11:37:51 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Depopulate the depopulationists. --FJB)
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To: FarCenter

Canon law prevents law from being the superior of clergy in any capacity of office. Interesting to see what kind of office work lay members fill at the Vatican.


3 posted on 03/19/2022 11:42:08 AM PDT by Bayard
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To: Bayard

*lay members.


4 posted on 03/19/2022 11:43:22 AM PDT by Bayard
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To: FarCenter

He got rid of the conservatives early on and demolished the JPII Institute. So, what kind of head rolling will he do to his own?


5 posted on 03/19/2022 11:44:43 AM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: FarCenter
Would be nice if he actually read the Bible and abolished the Catholic church.

1 Tim 4:1-3: Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

6 posted on 03/19/2022 11:53:27 AM PDT by LouAvul
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To: LouAvul

What does this mean? The Catholic Church does not forbid anyone to marry...


7 posted on 03/19/2022 11:57:12 AM PDT by Chicory
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To: FarCenter

Only homosexuals and Luciferian Masons allowed


8 posted on 03/19/2022 11:58:58 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: FarCenter

>> increasing the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics the church’s number one priority.

Among the most significant changes are the possibility for lay and female Catholics to head up Vatican departments,

When will they figure out that something that looks “modern” leads to a reduction of people, and that something that looks “Catholic” leads to an increase?

The parts of the Church that are growing the most and producing the most vocations are the more traditional, and yet just recently the Pope clamped down hard on the most traditional Catholic Masses...


9 posted on 03/19/2022 12:00:12 PM PDT by Chicory
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To: Chicory

Forgot >> on second paragraph—sorry!


10 posted on 03/19/2022 12:01:03 PM PDT by Chicory
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To: FarCenter
Trying to rid the Church of actual Catholics it seems.
11 posted on 03/19/2022 12:06:19 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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To: FarCenter

I watched a video on declining populations pretty much all over.

Mentioned notably was the serious decline in membership/sttendance at Roman catholic churches every where.

The pope is losing his funding


12 posted on 03/19/2022 12:08:32 PM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Promoting Afro Heritage diversity will destroy the democrats)
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To: bert

Time to fire up the wood burners and fill the pipes with some HAPPY SMOKE...

LET’S ROLL...the time is long over due...


13 posted on 03/19/2022 12:14:07 PM PDT by haircutter
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To: FarCenter

The number one priority of the Church is the salvation of souls, not trying to increase the head county by blending in with the rest of the world.


14 posted on 03/19/2022 12:26:50 PM PDT by rmichaelj (Ave Maria gratia plena, Dominus tecum.)
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“He got rid of the conservatives early on and demolished the JPII Institute. So, what kind of head rolling will he do to his own?”

Removing the leftover straights?


15 posted on 03/19/2022 12:31:14 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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To: FarCenter

“The Harlot” moving even farther to the left.


16 posted on 03/19/2022 12:31:50 PM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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Pope demands bureaucracy reform...takes nine years to institute new reforms.


17 posted on 03/19/2022 12:36:08 PM PDT by rbmillerjr (Defeating China is impossible without understanding that Russia is our enemy)
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To: FarCenter

The Communist takeover of the Vatican is completed.


18 posted on 03/19/2022 12:36:57 PM PDT by bray (The Vax is fake and deadly)
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To: FarCenter

Biggest change: lesbians will be able to be priests in equality with gay males…


19 posted on 03/19/2022 12:43:28 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything.)
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“Mentioned notably was the serious decline in membership/sttendance at Roman catholic churches every where.”

My county has 158,000 population and 3 Catholic Churches. The one near me has no altar boys because I was told by the altar girl, who is 70+, that no children go to church. There is no parish priest at the 3 churches, there is one circuit priest who covers all the churches. The one near me doesn’t have enough attendance to qualify as a church anymore, it’s a “mission”. The priest is from a 3rd World country and barely speaks English. The altar girl says that’s very common now, being a priest is considered a very good job by Third Worlders. Most of the Mass attenders look 80+, except for the sons and daughters who drive some of the regulars.


20 posted on 03/19/2022 12:44:29 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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