Pope Has "Cleaned Up the Episcopate," Nuncio Says

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An archbishop, Miguel Buendia, has revealed the surprising fact that Pope Benedict was removing two or three bishops a month throughout the world. Archbishop Buendia himself was sent to such bishops to say that the Pope was asking for his resignation for the good of the Church. Nearly always such a bishop realized the disaster, he said, and accepted the Pope’s request that he resign. This continued throughout Pope Benedict’s 8-year papacy, he also said.
see www.ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/World.php?id=7089
 
You know what’s great? Cleaning up the trash now will make for better Church leadership in the following years. Like SonSearcher said, this is encouraging.

May we have an equally strong pope next.
 
Unfortunately the main media (CNN, FOX, MSNBC, the Times, USA Today, etc) no one will speak of how Pope Benedict did get the broom and dust pan out, and started cleaning up those bad apples. I do agree, the next Pope must, I repeat, must be aggrssive against clergy who have molested kids. The Church is holy, and although as Humans we cannot be perfect, we cannot allow individuals to put our Church in ruins.
 
chero23 said:
Unfortunately the main media (CNN, FOX, MSNBC, the Times, USA Today, etc) no one will speak of how Pope Benedict did get the broom and dust pan out, and started cleaning up those bad apples. I do agree, the next Pope must, I repeat, must be aggrssive against clergy who have molested kids. The Church is holy, and although as Humans we cannot be perfect, we cannot allow individuals to put our Church in ruins.
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I personally don’t want to see the same headlines I see on Catholic media on the mainstream media then I will know something is up.
 
I will also say that for the short time I have been tracking episcopal appointments by Rome, I have been thrilled with the caliber of men chosen to lead by Benedict XVI. Between him and Blessed John Paul the Great, they have stacked the deck, both in the field of worldwide diocesan leadership as well as the College of Cardinals, and although I have little faith in human beings - we are all fragile and sinful people - I do have faith that Holy Church has become stronger and wiser since 1978 and we are on an upswing that will endure for years to come.
 
There were a couple interesting takes praising Pope Benedict’s bishop appointments on the day the news broke such that I had transcribed parts of the episodes.

*One of the great legacies of Benedict XVI which I’ve not heard people speak about except myself, of course maybe I’m wrong, is the appointment of bishops. Under John Paul II, we had many good bishops, but it was not consistent. Under Benedict XVI, we’ve had quite consistently, across this country anyway, outstanding bishops. … We’ve got young bishops and archbishops here. And I think the great legacy of Benedict XVI has been incredibly good appointments of bishops. And why is that important? Because the Pope can’t run everything, but bishops run their diocese and especially the seminaries. And so we’re seeing, and we’ll see in the future, better, stronger seminaries, better stronger young priests. … And who’s been the person appointing the last couple years, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, whom I’ve known for many, many years. He’s an outstanding person, great man, wonderful priest with the Church, very bright, speaks many languages. And he has been directly involved with appointments of bishops since 2010. (Fr. Joseph Fessio on Kresta in the Afternoon, Feb. 11, 2013, hr1) (“http://avemariaradio.net/archive2/2013/02/kpm_20130211_1.mp3”)
Kresta: I was talking earlier with someone today [Fr. Fessio], and they reminded me that [Benedict’s] been especially astute in his appointment of bishops. Is that your impression as well?

Jimmy Akin: Yes. He’s devoted a lot more attention to it than John Paul II did. People may not be aware of how the selection process works. But basically, there is traditionally a set of three names that are proposed to the Pope. And those names are proposed based on research that’s done, for example, by apostolic nuncios and and by consultation with, you know, senior bishops in different areas. And during the reign of John Paul II there were a lot of bishops who got appointed who weren’t of the highest caliber. It seemed like this wasn’t one of John Paul II’s major priorities. Benedict XVI, though, has focused significantly on that. And at times has said, ‘I need new names. None of these three is acceptable.’ And he sent them back to do further research.

Kresta: So he’s been fairly rigorous then. He has rigorous criteria.

Akin: Yeah. And I think there’s been a higher priority put, not just on administrative ability which has always been a priority, but also on doctrinal orthodoxy and things like that. The Bishops that have been appointed under Benedict XVI have been more of his personal theological stamp than many of the ones who were under John Paul II.
(Jimmy Akin on Kresta in the Afternoon, Feb. 11, 2013, hr2) (“http://avemariaradio.net/archive2/2013/02/kpm_20130211_2.mp3”)*
 
Well, at least this clean up didn’t arrived to Argentina. There are lot’s of corrupted priests involved in homosexuality, the whole parish knows, and when we complained to the bishop, he just sat and did nothing about it. Even with proof.

Also, another parish had a problem with a priest pushing a bit too far confessions, and had to wait long years till the bishop was replaced as part of a re-organization of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires.
 
matutemats said:
Well, at least this clean up didn’t arrived to Argentina. There are lot’s of corrupted priests involved in homosexuality, the whole parish knows, and when we complained to the bishop, he just sat and did nothing about it. Even with proof.
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Oh my. Which priests, and what was their involvement in homosexuality, and what proof was given to the bishop?
 
mdgspencer said:
An archbishop, Miguel Buendia, has revealed the surprising fact that Pope Benedict was removing two or three bishops a month throughout the world. Archbishop Buendia himself was sent to such bishops to say that the Pope was asking for his resignation for the good of the Church. Nearly always such a bishop realized the disaster, he said, and accepted the Pope’s request that he resign. This continued throughout Pope Benedict’s 8-year papacy, he also said.
see www.ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/World.php?id=7089
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I cannot say from this article whether or not this is a good thing. One man’s cleansing is another man’s power grab.

And, unfortunately, for WAY foo many people on this forum and elsewhere a ‘good Bishop’ is one who agrees with them and a ‘bad Bishop’ is one who disagrees with them.

I have severe doubts that it is possible for the Pope or any one man with a small committee to possibly keep track of the quality of all the Bishops in the world. Imagine for instance, that the President of the US had the authority to appoint and depose governors. Does anyone think that he could honestly keep track of all of them and who is best for each state?

There are a lot more Bishops in a lot more cultures with a much wider array of challenges, etc. than the governors of the US.

It is certainly possible the Pope Benedict cleansed the Church of bad Bishops, but this article says nothing either way.
 
SonSearcher said:
I personally don’t want to see the same headlines I see on Catholic media on the mainstream media then I will know something is up.
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On the one hand, I would like to see it in the mainstream news because too often we hear how the Church isn’t doing anything to clean things up. On the other hand, I’m not naive enough to think that this wouldn’t be spinned as the Pope handpicking his predecessor. You know, because the Churhc always has an ulterior motive. 😉
 
Lucky7 said:
On the one hand, I would like to see it in the mainstream news because too often we hear how the Church isn’t doing anything to clean things up. On the other hand, I’m not naive enough to think that this wouldn’t be spinned as the Pope handpicking his predecessor. You know, because the Churhc always has an ulterior motive. 😉
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Oops, successor. That’s what I get for posting before the coffee!
 
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