Does Columbus get elevated to an archdiocese (from a diocese) with the merger? If YES, it wreaks of nepotism - Pierre rewarding his guy from the nunciature in DC, Fernandes, with an archbishopтАЩs pallium at age 51тАж. There has never been nepotism in Holy Mother Church, right ЁЯлгЁЯЩДЁЯЩД?
Seems unlikely. California and Texas are the only states with more than one province. Cities such as Pittsburgh, Kansas City (Missouri - confusingly the province for Kansas is based in their Kansas City), Buffalo, Orlando, and most relevantly Cleveland are dioceses and seem unlikely to be ever be otherwise. If neither Cleveland nor Columbus was ever promoted when Ohio was a Catholic hotbed, seems unlikely in this era of decline. And Ohio has six dioceses total, which means that if Steubenville is eliminated and Columbus were to be elevated, then either the Cincinnati or the Columbus province would comprise two dioceses only, which would be unusually small. That said, we know Francis is unpredictable.
With respect, "pernicious plot" is loaded language. That a bureaucracy, especially in these intensely materialistic times, thinks and feels primarily in terms of efficiency has nothing intrinsically to do with pernicious plotting. One could say, however, without risking greatly offending, that it doesn't put a premium on intangibles.
oh yeah, I don't see any evidence it has to do with the university at all.
Does Columbus get elevated to an archdiocese (from a diocese) with the merger? If YES, it wreaks of nepotism - Pierre rewarding his guy from the nunciature in DC, Fernandes, with an archbishopтАЩs pallium at age 51тАж. There has never been nepotism in Holy Mother Church, right ЁЯлгЁЯЩДЁЯЩД?
Wrong!
Seems unlikely. California and Texas are the only states with more than one province. Cities such as Pittsburgh, Kansas City (Missouri - confusingly the province for Kansas is based in their Kansas City), Buffalo, Orlando, and most relevantly Cleveland are dioceses and seem unlikely to be ever be otherwise. If neither Cleveland nor Columbus was ever promoted when Ohio was a Catholic hotbed, seems unlikely in this era of decline. And Ohio has six dioceses total, which means that if Steubenville is eliminated and Columbus were to be elevated, then either the Cincinnati or the Columbus province would comprise two dioceses only, which would be unusually small. That said, we know Francis is unpredictable.
With respect, "pernicious plot" is loaded language. That a bureaucracy, especially in these intensely materialistic times, thinks and feels primarily in terms of efficiency has nothing intrinsically to do with pernicious plotting. One could say, however, without risking greatly offending, that it doesn't put a premium on intangibles.
One of those intangibles, called out by Bishop Paul J. Bradley himself in the CRUXNOW article, is missionary discipleship.
More correctly in +Bp. BradleyтАЩs words: тАЬkeeping the mission of the church тАЬalive and well.тАЭ