The ‘Synodal’ Revolution: From Divine Hierarchy to Human Democracy

The ‘Synodal’ Revolution: From Divine Hierarchy to Human Democracy

The crisis of the Catholic Church is, first and foremost, a crisis of authority. Authority does not concern only the doctrinal and moral sphere but, above all, the form and manner in which power is exercised. Every institution is sustained by a power structure that ensures its unity and continuity. In the case of the Church, this structure is a mixed regime of divine law: monarchic, because the Pope exercises supreme, full, and immediate power o…