[Antoninus]

IMHO, if some dioceses are reduced to paupery, that wouldn't be such a bad thing. Poverty, after all, is a virtue and it will help defeat the vanity that infects some members of the hierarchy.

[Diago]

IMHO, if some dioceses are reduced to paupery, that wouldn't be such a bad thing. Poverty, after all, is a virtue and it will help defeat the vanity that infects some members of the hierarchy.

My concern is that important ministries would be cut or eliminated. For instance, could the Diocese of Cleveland survive without this:

Cleveland Diocese Logo: Decapitated Dove inside a Rainbow Colored Triangle [not a joke]