Papacy Is A 'Gift" That Needs Repair

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Papacy is a 'gift' but needs repair, leading ecumenist says

By JOHN L. ALLEN JR.
Miami

The papacy is a “gift” of the Catholic church to other Christians, a leading Catholic ecumenist said this morning, but it needs “repair” before those other Christians are likely to accept it.

Specifically, Margaret O’Gara of the University of St. Michael’s College in Toronto called for a papacy that’s “less centralized, less authoritarian, and more respectful of the diversity of local churches.”