[old republic]

I think that Vatican I makes the popes power to appoint or remove Bishops quite clear. The power to remove or appoint bishops to manage the church is an integral part of Church government, and here is what Vatican I says about the authority of the pope to govern the church:

9. So, then, if anyone says that the Roman Pontiff has merely an office of supervision and guidance, and not the full and supreme power of jurisdiction over the whole Church, and this not only in matters of faith and morals, but also in those which concern the discipline and government of the Church dispersed throughout the whole world; or that he has only the principal part, but not the absolute fullness, of this supreme power; or that this power of his is not ordinary and immediate both over all and each of the Churches and over all and each of the pastors and faithful: let him be anathema.

[Ransomed]

So do you think this article gives the wrong impression concerning what the Holy Father could do with bad Bishops?

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