John Allen Says We're Missing the Point on Vatican " World Bank " Controversy - The Global South

I sort of mentioned of alluded to this the other day when talking about how the Vatican worked and the Curia. That is in many ways the Vatican is not a much of mini Pope Benedicts running around just implentating the boss's orders but has some diversity that represents the world wide Church.

See his good article Vatican note on economy the first ripple of a southern wave

This got me thinking of the future. American Catholics have got to really not make the same mistakes that incredibly more "liberal" mainline Protestants have done. That is not treat African and other places in the Global South as a fellow grown up in the room.