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.’"
I like this Pope. As for ‘dialogue’ with Islam, it’s just another path of taqiyya to confuse and deceive the infidels
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.
I’ll still believe it when I see it. these changes of themselves aren’t that drastic and are almost certainly temporary.
“Vaticanistas”. I like it.
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