Commenti a: Leo XIV: The risk of bureaucratizing the Church https://www.mondayvatican.com/vatican/leo-xiv-the-risk-of-bureaucratizing-the-church Vatican at a Glance Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:00:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Di: James Scott https://www.mondayvatican.com/vatican/leo-xiv-the-risk-of-bureaucratizing-the-church#comment-1505157 James Scott Wed, 16 Sep 2026 14:25:03 +0000 http://www.mondayvatican.com/?p=5296#comment-1505157 'Leo XIV said he desires a Church with a hierarchy, but one that maintains strong communion and great collegiality. Communion entails a “disarmed and disarming peace”—according to the famous phrase the Pope uttered the first time he appeared as Pope—while collegiality means everyone’s participation in governance, or at least in discussions.' a) He desires a Church with a hierarchy: From the mouth of the Bishop of Rome! b) Strong communion... a disarmed and disarming peace: i) Meaningless Madison Avenue jargon. ii) Eat your heart out Tony Blair. c) Collegiality means everyone’s participation in governance, or at least in discussions: What's the point of current faux/ anti- Synodality [being given pride of place in all Vatican decisions, we learned in the last few hours, via the central role ascribed to and its Maltese cardinal-enforcer by Pope Leo] if not to participate in governance? With the pontificate of Leo XIV now past the 16 month mark, it is beyond time for 'judgement to be reserved' yet again and for Catholics, including the author of this blog, to accept that postures such as the use of quotation marks in a sentence like 'We await Leo’s “corrections” to some of Pope Francis’s reforms' are no longer sufficient. ‘Leo XIV said he desires a Church with a hierarchy, but one that maintains strong communion and great collegiality. Communion entails a “disarmed and disarming peace”—according to the famous phrase the Pope uttered the first time he appeared as Pope—while collegiality means everyone’s participation in governance, or at least in discussions.’

a) He desires a Church with a hierarchy:

From the mouth of the Bishop of Rome!

b) Strong communion… a disarmed and disarming peace:

i) Meaningless Madison Avenue jargon.
ii) Eat your heart out Tony Blair.

c) Collegiality means everyone’s participation in governance, or at least in discussions:

What’s the point of current faux/ anti- Synodality [being given pride of place in all Vatican decisions, we learned in the last few hours, via the central role ascribed to and its Maltese cardinal-enforcer by Pope Leo] if not to participate in governance?

With the pontificate of Leo XIV now past the 16 month mark, it is beyond time for ‘judgement to be reserved’ yet again and for Catholics, including the author of this blog, to accept that postures such as the use of quotation marks in a sentence like

‘We await Leo’s “corrections” to some of Pope Francis’s reforms’

are no longer sufficient.

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