Clericalism, repeatedly condemned by Pope Francis, remains a damaging distortion of Church life that harms both clergy and laity and undermines its mission

If I were asked what I would I most want to keep alive from the pontificate of Francis in the mind of young people and the Church in general, it is the concerns he frequently raised over clericalism that come to mind. Time and again the late pope called out the reality of this disease within our Church.

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