> the bishops also questioned why the ultimatum was issued suddenly before a June 14 online meeting of the Synod of Bishops
It sounds like "good cop / bad cop" to me (but on the other hand that is a higher level of strategic thinking than was probably going on) with the Pope as bad cop.
> the bishops also questioned why the ultimatum was issued suddenly before a June 14 online meeting of the Synod of Bishops
It sounds like "good cop / bad cop" to me (but on the other hand that is a higher level of strategic thinking than was probably going on) with the Pope as bad cop.
That assumes a level of intelligence and sophistication that just isn't present in anything Rome does. 3/4d chess isn't real. The Pope demanded an ultimatium be issued and that the synod rubber stamp that ultimatium. They thought otherwise, and by all acounts are negotiating their own deal with zero input from Vasil or Francis.
In this case that's probably wise, because what's worse than priests going into potential schism? 5 Bishops going into potential schism with them. Probably wouldn't happen, but if they are going on record saying they oppose it and they have warm relations with those priests, well, you've got a very thin needle to thread.
That nobody seems to have thought about this beforehand (at least in Rome) is an incredible own goal.
> the bishops also questioned why the ultimatum was issued suddenly before a June 14 online meeting of the Synod of Bishops
It sounds like "good cop / bad cop" to me (but on the other hand that is a higher level of strategic thinking than was probably going on) with the Pope as bad cop.
That assumes a level of intelligence and sophistication that just isn't present in anything Rome does. 3/4d chess isn't real. The Pope demanded an ultimatium be issued and that the synod rubber stamp that ultimatium. They thought otherwise, and by all acounts are negotiating their own deal with zero input from Vasil or Francis.
In this case that's probably wise, because what's worse than priests going into potential schism? 5 Bishops going into potential schism with them. Probably wouldn't happen, but if they are going on record saying they oppose it and they have warm relations with those priests, well, you've got a very thin needle to thread.
That nobody seems to have thought about this beforehand (at least in Rome) is an incredible own goal.