Think about the geography itself. +Fernandez would be stretched even further geographically; there's hardly any way he could give the whole merged diocese equal attention. Inevitably people on the "margins" would fall through the cracks. Moreover, the merging of a diocese allows for less freedom of choice for the people within the area a…
Think about the geography itself. +Fernandez would be stretched even further geographically; there's hardly any way he could give the whole merged diocese equal attention. Inevitably people on the "margins" would fall through the cracks. Moreover, the merging of a diocese allows for less freedom of choice for the people within the area as everyone in the Steubenville diocese would now have to follow rules they had no part in making and no connection to.
Our diocese already takes about 5 hours to go from north tip to south tip. Ironically, from what I have heard, the farther in the diocese you get away from Steubenville, the less objection there is to the merger. I think the people who live in Steubenville are less familiar with the feeling of being on the margins of much bigger things. (Remember, we are only about population 18,000, and less than 30% are Catholic.)
Pierre and Fernandes do not care about Steubenville. Plain and simple.
“the merging of a diocese allows for less freedom of choice for the people within the area as everyone in the Steubenville diocese would now have to follow rules they had no part in making and no connection to.”
Think about the geography itself. +Fernandez would be stretched even further geographically; there's hardly any way he could give the whole merged diocese equal attention. Inevitably people on the "margins" would fall through the cracks. Moreover, the merging of a diocese allows for less freedom of choice for the people within the area as everyone in the Steubenville diocese would now have to follow rules they had no part in making and no connection to.
Our diocese already takes about 5 hours to go from north tip to south tip. Ironically, from what I have heard, the farther in the diocese you get away from Steubenville, the less objection there is to the merger. I think the people who live in Steubenville are less familiar with the feeling of being on the margins of much bigger things. (Remember, we are only about population 18,000, and less than 30% are Catholic.)
Pierre and Fernandes do not care about Steubenville. Plain and simple.
“the merging of a diocese allows for less freedom of choice for the people within the area as everyone in the Steubenville diocese would now have to follow rules they had no part in making and no connection to.”