The Tsunami Approaches

Ever since the election of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican watchers have been expecting a curial shake-up. These Vaticanistas have pointed out that Pre-16 often commented on the need to streamline the Church’s bureaucracy so that it can more effectively carry out its mission, and have consequently predicted that B-16 will shuffle the curial decks. This anticipated move has been likened to a "papal tsunami" and the Vaticanistas have been impatiently watching the ecclesial weather vanes for its arrival.

The storm watch is over. The "tsunami" has begun.

"Pope Benedict on Saturday began a long-awaited streamlining of the Vatican’s central bureaucracy by merging the leadership of four departments, including one which promotes dialogue with Islam.

"A statement said the Pope had appointed French Cardinal Paul Poupard, who is already head of the Pontifical Council for Culture, to also lead the Council for Interreligious Dialogue.

"A statement said the Pope was making the move ‘in order to favour a more intense dialogue between men of culture and exponents of various religions.’"

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Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."

5 thoughts on “The Tsunami Approaches”

  1. I know this might not be considered pastoral, but I have visions of the Holy Father grabbing up the Church bureaucracy, turning it upside-down like an Etch-A-Sketch, and SH-A-A-A-K-I-N-G like mad.

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