The 85-year-old pontiff says the week-long pilgrimage showed he needed to take things easier, noting "the door is open" for him to possibly step aside.
Less centralisation doesn't strike me as a good way to clean up the "church is full of pedos" problem. Seems more like a way of shifting blame, but that won't matter to the general public.
Right. But I don't think that will stop it happening in the first place. It'll just allow senior levels to blame the local branches without actually solving the issue which will continue to remain because these people are attracted to the church as a place they can access children from a position of authority and community trust.
Less centralisation doesn't strike me as a good way to clean up the "church is full of pedos" problem. Seems more like a way of shifting blame, but that won't matter to the general public.
I don't know about that from my understanding a lot of the coverups were driven from senior vatican officials
Right. But I don't think that will stop it happening in the first place. It'll just allow senior levels to blame the local branches without actually solving the issue which will continue to remain because these people are attracted to the church as a place they can access children from a position of authority and community trust.