Even Francis House Newspaper Calls Him a Dictator

The more than one hundred ecclesiastical movements have difficulties to replace their leadership within a year after Francis decreed in June that their leaders may not serve longer than ten years.

Even Francis’ anti-Catholic house newspaper Repubblica.it admits that “Francis' diktat unleashes the discontent of the movements.”

The Vatican should have involved them more before acting, Repubblica.it quotes an anonymous prelate who called this an act of “unprecedented authoritarianism.”

The communities already have difficulties to find capable leaders for their local communities, let alone top leaders.

Leaders who are still expected to resign are Chiara Amirante (Nuovi Orizzonti), Kiko Arguello (Neocatechumenal Movement), Salvatore Martinez (Charismatic Movement), Marco Impagliazzo (Community of Sant'Egidio), as well as the leaders of the Pope John XXIII Community Association, the Equipes Notre-Dame, and the Cursillos.

"Why do movements have to change leadership while Religious Institutes do not?" – the prelate asks.

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