Pope Francis is dealing with a Rats in the Ranks-style mutiny
aboard the good ship Vatican. The right faction, led in this case by
Australia's penny-counting Cardinal George Pell, is rebelling against a
perceived shift to the liberal left during a three-week meeting of
theologians in Rome.
The Synod of Bishops, which is to determine the church's policy and rhetoric on familial matters, is particularly vexed about whether to grant Communion to divorced Catholics who have remarried.
http://www.theage.com.au/world/the-pope-unmoved-by-rats-in-the-ranksstyle-mutiny-20151015-gka383.html
The Synod of Bishops, which is to determine the church's policy and rhetoric on familial matters, is particularly vexed about whether to grant Communion to divorced Catholics who have remarried.
http://www.theage.com.au/world/the-pope-unmoved-by-rats-in-the-ranksstyle-mutiny-20151015-gka383.html
