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by Helen @, The other side of Australia, Thursday, May 24, 2012, 15:10 (392 days ago) @ Brian Coyne

For Koch, the role of the local bishop is "to help the faithful find direction amid confusing points of view...". What a patronising and demeaning opinion Koch has of Catholics who are not confused but angry precisely because of such condescending treatment by Church leaders who should simply know better! Local bishops have simply become branch managers for Rome and can be forced from their Dioceses for their pastoral initiatives (such as Bishop Morris of Toowoomba). If the Pope is so interested in the "new evangelisation" renewal driven by small Church then he might disperse the College of Cardinals and empower local Churches to evangelise as the mustard seed of "hope" buried deep in the soil of their specific cultures.


Dan, if you never write another word - you have hit the nail on the head with this statement.


Helen


Let us light a candle and say to the dark, we beg to differ

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