{"id":28121,"date":"2014-11-15T10:11:54","date_gmt":"2014-11-15T16:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=28121"},"modified":"2014-11-15T12:58:54","modified_gmt":"2014-11-15T18:58:54","slug":"the-catholic-church-is-it-a-ship-without-a-rudder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2014\/11\/15\/the-catholic-church-is-it-a-ship-without-a-rudder\/","title":{"rendered":"The Catholic Church: Is It a Ship without a Rudder?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px;\">Fr. Russell Pollitt, SJ, draws on his knowledge of things Jesuit to give us important insights into Pope Francis\u2019 way of operating. Francis is open to extended communal discernment, with all the messiness that entails.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px;\">Read Fr. Pollitt\u2019s perceptive essay here: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2014-11-14-the-catholic-church-is-it-a-ship-without-a-rudder\/#.VGd3_2p0zX7\" target=\"_blank\">The Catholic church: Is it a ship without a rudder?<\/a>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis has opted to operate from a paradigm that many of the current bishops, appointed by John Paul II and Benedict XVI, are not used to working from. 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