The problem of clericalism makes transparency impossible

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The problem of clericalism makes transparency impossible

by Phyllis Zagano

Jun 22, 2019

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Just Catholic: What deacons do not do is buy their way up the ladder, for there is none to climb. Deacons are ministers. For the most part, diocesan priests are wholly dependent on their bishops, who may in turn be indebted to their metropolitan archbishops, who may in turn be indebted to the nuncio, and so it goes.