More fundamentally, however, it is conventional wisdom in the Holy See that the heart of the American crisis lies in the episcopacy. Many in Rome believe that American bishops failed for more than a decade to take advantage of the canonical tools at their disposal to discipline wayward priests. That failure, they believe, is symptomatic of a deeper loss of nerve, with too many bishops hesitant to assert their full authority. Doctrinal dissent, moral laxity in the clergy, liturgical abuses … all, seen from Rome, are signs of an episcopacy that, despite its many assets, needs a wake-up call.
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