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Francis, 85, put together a group of cardinals to advise
him on how to enact reforms (AFP/Tiziana FABI) (Tiziana FABI) |
Pope Francis on Saturday followed through on a promise
made ahead of his 2013 election and published a much-anticipated shake-up of
the Vatican's powerful governing body.
The new constitution, which comes into effect on June
5, restructures parts of the unruly Roman Curia, and makes increasing the
world's 1.2 billion Catholics the church's number one priority.
Among the most significant changes are the possibility
for lay and female Catholics to head up Vatican departments, and the
incorporation of the pope's sex abuse advisory commission into the Curia.
"Pope Francis has been working on a new
organizational structure for the Vatican for nine years. It's a major aspect of
his legacy," Joshua McElwee from the National Catholic Reporter said on
Twitter.
'Tectonic shift'
Cardinals gathered for the conclave to elect a new
pope in 2013 were divided between those who believed there were deep-rooted
problems in the Curia and those who wanted to preserve the status quo.
Ex-pope Benedict XVI, who had just resigned, was
reported to have tried and failed to clean up a body some even blamed for
preventing the church from properly tackling the child sex abuse scandal.
Francis, 85, put together a group of cardinals to
advise him over the years on how to reform the Curia, and has already enacted
many changes as he moves to modernise the centuries-old institution.
The 54-page text entitled "Proclaiming the
Gospel", which replaces a constitution drawn up by pope John Paul II in
1988, creates a new department for evangelisation, to be headed up by Francis
himself.
Making himself "Chief Evangelizer"
encapsulates a "tectonic shift to a more pastoral, missionary
church," David Gibson, director of the Center on Religion and Culture at
Fordham University, said on Twitter.
In that vein, Francis says every baptised Christian is
a missionary.
"One cannot fail to take this into account in the
updating of the Curia, whose reform must provide for involvement of laymen and
women, even in roles of government and responsibility," he said.
'Significant'
The constitution, released on the ninth anniversary of
the inauguration of Francis' papacy, makes the pope's charity czar, currently
Polish Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, head of a department in its own right.
It also brings the Vatican's Commission for the
Protection of Minors -- a papal advisory body -- into the office which oversees
the canonical investigations of clerical sex abuse cases.
In doing so, the pope is "effectively
establishing the Vatican's first safeguarding office", the Tablet's
journalist Christopher Lamb said.
Cardinal Sean O'Malley, who heads the Commission, said
it was a "significant move forward", which would give institutional
weight to the fight against a scourge which has plagued the church globally.
But Marie Collins, an Irish survivor of clerical abuse
who served on the commission before resigning in outrage in 2017 over the
church's handling of the crisis, slammed it instead as a clear step back.
"The Commission has now officially lost even a
semblance of independence," she said on Twitter.
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Representatives of the Amazon rainforest's ethnic groups attended the synod with Pope Francis (AFP Photo/Tiziana FABI) |
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Clerics at the Church of England synod in York take a 'selfie' as they celebrate after the vote to allow female bishops. Photograph: Lindsey Parnaby/AFP/Getty |
"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God/Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)
“… I gave you a channelling years ago when Pope John Paul was alive. John Paul loved Mary, the mother. Had John Paul survived another 10 years, he would have done what the next Pope [The one after the current one, Benedict XVI] will do, and that is to bring women into the Church. This Pope you have now [Benedict XVI] won't be here long.* The next Pope will be the one who has to change the rules, should he survive. If he doesn't, it will be the one after that.
There is a large struggle within the Church, even right now, and great dissention, for it knows that it is not giving what humanity wants. The doctrine is not current to the puzzles of life. The answer will be to create a better balance between the feminine and masculine, and the new Pope, or the one after that, will try to allow women to be in the higher echelon of the Church structure to assist the priests.
It will be suggested to let women participate in services, doing things women did not do before. This graduates them within church law to an equality with priests, but doesn't actually let them become priests just yet. However, don't be surprised if this begins in another way, and instead gives priests the ability to marry. This will bring the feminine into the church in other ways. It will eventually happen and has to happen. If it does not, it will be the end of the Catholic Church, for humanity will not sustain a spiritual belief system that is out of balance with the love of God and also out of balance with intuitive Human awareness. …”
"Recalibration of Free Choice"– Mar 3, 2012 (Kryon Channelling by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: (Old) Souls, Midpoint on 21-12-2012, Shift of Human Consciousness, Black & White vs. Color, 1 - Spirituality (Religions) shifting, Loose a Pope “soon”, 2 - Humans will change react to drama, 3 - Civilizations/Population on Earth, 4 - Alternate energy sources (Geothermal, Tidal (Paddle wheels), Wind), 5 – Financials Institutes/concepts will change (Integrity – Ethical) , 6 - News/Media/TV to change, 7 – Big Pharmaceutical company will collapse “soon”, (Keep people sick), (Integrity – Ethical) 8 – Wars will be over on Earth, Global Unity, … etc.) - (Text version)
“ … Spirituality (Religions)
Number one: Spirituality. The systems of spiritual design on your planet are starting to change. This is not telling you that certain ones are going to go away. They're simply going to change. Some of the largest spiritual systems, which you would call organized religion on the planet, are shifting. They're going to shift away from that which is authority on the outside to authority on the inside. It will eventually be a different way of worship, slowly changing the rules while keeping the basic doctrine the same.
The doctrine of the Christ has always been to find the God inside. The teachings were clear. The examples of the miracles were given as an example of what humans could do, not to set a man up for worship as a God. So when that has been absorbed, the teaching of the Christ can remain the teaching of the Christ. It simply changes the interpretation.
The teachings of the great prophets of the Middle East (all related to each other) are about unity and love. So once the holy words are redefined with new wisdom, the Human changes, not the words of the prophets. In fact, the prophets become even more divinely inspired and their wisdom becomes even more profound.
You're going to lose a pope soon. I have no clock. Soon to us can mean anything to you. The one who replaces him may surprise you, for his particular organization will be in survival mode at that point in time. That is to say that fewer and fewer are interested in starting the priesthood. Fewer and fewer young people are interested in the organization, and the new pope must make changes to keep his church alive. That means that his organization will remain, but with a more modern look at what truly is before all of you in a new energy. It is not the fall of the church. It is instead the recalibration of the divinity inside that would match the worship that goes on. It's a win-win situation. The new pope will have a difficult time, since the old guard will still be there. There could even be an assassination attempt, such is the way the old energy dies hard. That is number one. Watch for it. It's a change in the way spiritual systems work. It's a realignment of spiritual systems that resound to a stronger truth that is Human driven, rather than prophet driven.…”
“… With free choice, the percentage of DNA efficiently started to go down as humanity grew. As soon as the DNA started to lose percentage, the gender balance was dysfunctional. If you want to have a test of any society, anywhere on the planet, and you want to know the DNA percentage number [consciousness quota] as a society, there's an easy test: How do they perceive and treat their women? The higher the DNA functionality, the more the feminine divine is honored. This is the test! Different cultures create different DNA consciousness, even at the same time on the planet. So you can have a culture on Earth at 25 percent and one at 37 - and if you did, they would indeed clash. …”
“… You're at 35. There's an equality here, you're starting to see the dark and light, and it's changing everything. You take a look at history and you've come a long way, but it took a long time to get here. Dear ones, we've seen this process before and the snowball is rolling. There isn't anything in the way that's going to stop it. In the path of this snowball of higher consciousness are all kinds of things that will be run over and perish. Part of this is what you call "the establishment". Watch for some very big established things to fall over! The snowball will simply knock them down. …”
