Improving the church
I recently came across this article from Daniel Dozier, a Deacon in the Byzantine Catholic Church, about his top ten ideas for Catholic Reform. I have to say, I’m kind of inclined to agree with him…
Step 1: Repent Publicly and Immediately and Announce a Plan of Reform.
Step 2: Investigate and Clean House.
Step 3: Create an Episcopal Accountability Board.
Step 4: Create Many More Bishops and Many More Dioceses.
Step 5: Build Fraternity Among the Remaining Clergy.
Step 6: Build an Organic Pipeline of Vocations for the Priesthood Through the Restored Use of Minor Orders, an Apprenticeship Model of Formation, an Extended Period in the Diaconate and with Required Professional Work Experience.
Step 7: Viri Probati.
Step 8: Begin a Preaching Campaign on Living an Evangelical Catholic Life.
Step 9: End the Liturgical Nonsense. End it. END IT.
Step 10: Restore the Election of Diocesan/Eparchial Bishops, Create a National Catholic Synod of Bishops with a Patriarch who Votes in the Election of the Pope of Rome.
Fr. Deacon Daniel is very much on top of this and I agree wholeheartedly.
At this point, we are more likely to the miracle of the fishes and part two than we’ll see the first three in any meaningful way.
Any improvement in the Church that doesn’t address the serious problem of double standards amongst prominent “orthodox” clergy and laity. When an “orthodox” priest, bishop, or layman publicly slanders someone, misrepresents Church teaching, or looks the other way when one of their colleagues do, they need to be publicly rebuked without reservation and without mercy. Failing which, we are just feeding ourselves and the world at large a load of crap!