Hierarchy is vital in business and in any complex endeavor, but also dangerous. The crisis in the Catholic church over sexual abuse by priests, and the coverup by higher officials, highlights the ...

Fortunately, it doesn’t quite work that way. The Church is not the hierarchy. The Church is the Body of Christ, the Bible teaches. The Body of Christ isn’t mostly the apostles or their heirs.

From my perspective as a Catholic scholar of religion, one of the challenges in tackling this issue is the hierarchy of the church itself. It is still difficult to hold high-ranking clerics ...

After all the councils, hoopla, promises and panels, nothing has changed in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. The church will never be whole until all the archbishops, cardinals and bishops ...

But the change was not a novelty in the church; it was based deeply in Scripture and tradition. While maintaining and clarifying the proper and essential role of the hierarchy in the church ...

This reflects the Gospel and Acts. Nowhere do they describe the "church" as a dictatorship by the hierarchy. Being a Catholic is like being an American; how could I disagree and leave America?

The Catholic Church's synodal process, intended to actively solicit input from all its members, is not a threat to the hierarchy, a cardinal said. "The hierarchical structures of the church have ...

He said the church “understood well . . . and also assumed the risks” of such involvement. The confession, if truthful confirms long-held suspicions that Argentina’s Catholic hierarchy ...

From my perspective as a Catholic scholar of religion, one of the challenges in tackling this issue is the hierarchy of the church itself. “You are Peter and on this rock I will build my church.” ...