What did Pope Francis know and for what reasons has he engaged in this “rare display of papal power.”
Transparency and accountability; accountability and transparency. These are the time-honored means of restoring credibility to an institution that has lost public trust. We hear the words often these days from Church leaders. But will we ever see more than the words? Will we actually see accountability and transparency in practice? That, too, is something we just don’t know.
Say it isn’t so, Holy Father. Have you acted this way for no good reason? In these times of stress and turmoil?
Blithe Spirit 