A distorted obsession with papal authority has the unintended side-effect of greatly diminishing the stature of bishops, to the point where they seem incapable of proclaiming the orthodox faith.
'The president of an Episcopal Conference is nothing more than a technical moderator, and as such has no special teaching authority,' says Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller.
Many Canadian Catholics have remained skeptical about the effectiveness of D&P’s renewal given that the leaders responsible for the scandal have remained in place and they have failed to reveal their list of partners for the last two Lenten campaigns.