Tuesday, November 16, 2010

American Experts Blast Vatican Communications; Say Church Leaders Unwilling to Criticize Peers

The Catholic Culture website reports today (November 16, 2010) that two leading American Vatican-watchers offered frank criticism of Vatican public relations and management policies, at a November 15 forum in Washington, DC.

"The Vatican communications debacle has to end," said author George Weigel. He added that the question of how to remove incompetent bishops from their diocesan leadership posts is "the single biggest management problem in the Church today."

John Allen of the "National Catholic Reporter" struck a similar note in his discussion of the sex-abuse crisis, noting the unwillingness of Church leaders to criticize their peers.

Yesterday's discussion took place at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, where Weigel is a senior fellow.

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