Pope Francis and the ‘subsidiarity’ of the rule of law

Is Pope Francis ignoring his own legal reforms when it comes to dealing with problem bishops?

There is no set process or criteria for disciplining or dismissing a bishop, one of the Vatican’s most senior canon lawyers said Tuesday, while insisting that decentralization remains central to the Church’s ecclesiology.

Speaking to press Nov. 28, Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta, secretary of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts, also said that the post-conc…