That's a shocking stat. Total control over middle management. 

I read that article and wondered if Benedict might have the humility to step up and endorse Francis. Then I saw the interview with him re Francis.

He's quite unrepentant. Francis attempting to dismantle much of  what Benedict fought to enforce is just a change of direction. And he claims that organisational skills were not his forte. I'm really not having that. Head of the CDF and JPII's right hand for thirty years. He managed to keep silent thousands of Bishops and hundreds of Cardinals through one of the worst scandals in church history.

I liked the other writers point re ecumenism - no other church will take us seriously while we have such an archaic leadership structure.