From Carlos: ""Of course, the system of the Catholic Church doesn’t resemble Tunisia or
Egypt so much as an absolute monarchy like Saudi Arabia. In both places there
are no genuine reforms, just minor concessions. In both, tradition is invoked to
oppose reform. In Saudi Arabia tradition goes back only two centuries; in the
case of the papacy, 20 centuries.
Yet is that tradition true? In fact, the church got along for a millennium without a monarchist-absolutist papacy of the kind we’re familiar with today."
Yet is that tradition true? In fact, the church got along for a millennium without a monarchist-absolutist papacy of the kind we’re familiar with today."
