PanARMENIAN.Net - Zareh Sinanyan, the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, told reporters at the government building that ...

While it only took him two weeks to publish a book on Pope Leo XIV, Dr. Matthew Bunson humourously refuted the notion that he ...

A new procedure designed to forestall development of a clerical hierarchy began going into practical effect at the convention. Adopted last year, the new rule requires that at least one-third of ...

So do Protestants; and, in fact, the rejection of clerical celibacy was a much larger ... from the more commodious practice of the early hierarchy. But—a further surprise for my audience ...

The Catholic hierarchy simply can’t stop litigating ... including enforced priestly celibacy, a clerical culture, and an autocratic governance structure that expects obedience and rewards ...

What Are the Most Common Characteristics of a Bureaucracy? Some of the most common characteristics of a bureaucracy include a hierarchy, rules and regulations, and specialization. The hierarchy ...

The rescript states that Francis has granted this Vatican dicastery "the power to authorize, in a discretionary manner and in individual cases, non-clerical members to be conferred the office of ...