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Paven mot byråkrati

Pave Francis gikk i sin julemottakelse av Vatikanets sentralbyråkrater kraftig ut mot det voksende byråkrati:

“The ailment of excessive planning and functionalism: this is when the apostle plans everything in detail and believes that, by perfect planning things effectively progress, thus becoming a sort of accountant. … One falls prey to this sickness because it is easier and more convenient to settle into static and unchanging positions. Indeed, the Church shows herself to be faithful to the Holy Spirit to the extent that she does not seek to regulate or domesticate it. The Spirit is freshness, imagination and innovation”.

The “sickness of poor coordination develops when the communion between members is lost, and the body loses its harmonious functionality and its temperance, becoming an orchestra of cacophony because the members do not collaborate and do not work with a spirit of communion or as a team”.

saken ble også dekket av BBC og andre.

Ifølge BBC hevdet Paven at kurien (sentraladminisjonen i den romersk-katolske kirke) led av 15 sykdommer, deriblant:

• Åndelig Alzheimer's (Spiritual Alzheimer's)

• tro på egen udødelighet eller immunitet (Feeling immortal or immune)

• eksistensiell schizofreni (Suffering from existential schizophrenia)

• sladderterrorisme (Committing terrorism of gossip)

• åndelig og mental forstening (Becoming spiritually and mentally hardened)

Crux bringer en liste med alle de 15 sykdommene.