Our Holy Father will not go down in history as a great judge of character. ;-)
If you're asking my personal opinion, here it is. There are 3,000 dioceses in the world. The pope can't personally pick 'em all. He relies on others to do most of the work for him. It can't be avoided.
The system for picking bishops had broken down before John Paul got here. He didn't realize how badly broken it was, and he depended on it, as his predecessors did. It has not produced the results that he desired.
So it goes.
He has done many great things, but he is only the Vicar of Christ, not Christ Himself. It will be left to others to excel where he has been weak.
That's my take on it.
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He has done many great things, but he is only the Vicar of Christ, not Christ Himself. It will be left to others to excel where he has been weak.
Thank you. Another great post from you.
Colleen