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And that's the the issue at hand. Francis wants a larger, more merciful Church while his predecessor, Benedict, was on record preferring a smaller more conserva
by jonah 9y ago
And that's the the issue at hand. Francis wants a larger, more merciful Church while his predecessor, Benedict, was on record preferring a smaller more conservative Church. We'll see how it goes - large, old institutions move slowly.
- gadders 9y agoMaybe they need to "fork" the church.
- jacquesm 9y agoThis has already happened, several times.
- taejo 9y agoYesterday was the 500th anniversary of a previous fork. Presumably forking nowadays wouldn't lead to another Thirty Years' War. It's usually called a schism rather than a fork.
- gadders 9y agoGood old Martin Luther and the Diet of Worms.