blow it up! reorganize the catholic church

with the end of the second millennium and the beginning of the third millennium, the problem is abundantly clear. the catholic church has a serious management problem. the old model that may have worked in the first part of the first millennium just doesn't work anymore. one man simply can't manage a worldwide organization with more than one billion members--and neither can one man and a relatively small group of "good ole boys".

the catholic church needs to take a page from the secular world and from other christian churches. in the secular world, large organizations typically have a board of directors whose function is to oversee the management staff's operation of the organization. effective boards of directors have diverse members (women, men, young, old, minorities, etc.) who monitor and hold management staff responsible for meeting the organization's mission statement. 

likewise, other christian churches have boards or councils. ideally, these consist of non employees who represent the typical cross section of church members--male, female, young, old, in between, and different incomes, races and ethnicities.

an organization as large as the catholic church needs boards of directors at every level--parish, diocese, country. e.g. The National Review Board, 
Statement from the National Review Board Calls for Lay Leadership Amid Sexual Abuse Crisis

the days of the "good ole boy(s)" should come to an end quickly. 

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