Its the oldest game of monarchial politics. The sovereign can never be criticized. But his ministers? Oh, they fair game. When a Bishop of sui iurus church asks for communion with the Holy Father, its an important act, and is always done with the understanding that local churches have a certain autonomy on certain internal matters, even …
Its the oldest game of monarchial politics. The sovereign can never be criticized. But his ministers? Oh, they fair game. When a Bishop of sui iurus church asks for communion with the Holy Father, its an important act, and is always done with the understanding that local churches have a certain autonomy on certain internal matters, even if its not spelled out explicitly everywhere
So it's not so much a personal arrangement with Francis as it is the very nature of communion between Rome and the local bishop in these churches that is frayed when the Holy Father takes unto himself the rights of all discipline, and then demands the local bishop do something with zero debate or discussion. Is that theoretically within the Pope's power for supreme and immediate jurisdiction? Yes. Are we now learning the practical limits of a theoretical claim? Also yes.
Its the oldest game of monarchial politics. The sovereign can never be criticized. But his ministers? Oh, they fair game. When a Bishop of sui iurus church asks for communion with the Holy Father, its an important act, and is always done with the understanding that local churches have a certain autonomy on certain internal matters, even if its not spelled out explicitly everywhere
So it's not so much a personal arrangement with Francis as it is the very nature of communion between Rome and the local bishop in these churches that is frayed when the Holy Father takes unto himself the rights of all discipline, and then demands the local bishop do something with zero debate or discussion. Is that theoretically within the Pope's power for supreme and immediate jurisdiction? Yes. Are we now learning the practical limits of a theoretical claim? Also yes.