It is not about control; it is about teaching that such nonsense is true. That begins at the top and the Catholic Church loves the top-down authority, so they get to wear it.
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“It is not about control; it is about teaching that such nonsense is true.”
Okay, show us all where the Vatican teaches that this woman is right and telling the truth. Can you do that for us?
“That begins at the top and the Catholic Church loves the top-down authority, so they get to wear it.”
Okay, show us where Pope Benedict XVI teaches that this woman is right and telling the truth. Can you do that for us?
“The Catholic Church loves the top-down authority”
On the contrary; the Catholic Church is very much an advocate of the law of subsidiarity-—especially when it comes to a need for disciplinary action or any resolution regarding visionaries.