The Church is not the hierarchy. The Church is the Body of Christ, the Bible teaches. The Body of Christ isn’t mostly the apostles or their heirs. It’s all the faithful.

GOD'S MANAGERS - The way to the top of the church hierarchy remains a mystery. Peter Stanford lifts the veil and explores the mixture of piety and skills needed to qualify for a leader's role in the ...

Hierarchy is vital in business and in any complex endeavor, but also dangerous. The crisis in the Catholic church over sexual abuse by priests, and the coverup by higher officials, highlights the ...

To the Editor: As a lifelong Roman Catholic, I look with continued dismay on the self-destructive positions of my church on issues that are critical to its very survival. For reasons articulately ...

Reader responses were in support of making a clear distinction between the word "church" and the word "hierarchy." First read the original argument from Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese. The following ...

After all the councils, hoopla, promises and panels, nothing has changed in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. The church will never be whole until all the archbishops, cardinals and bishops ...

The Catholic Church's synodal process, intended to actively solicit input from all its members, is not a threat to the hierarchy, a cardinal said.

The Catholic Church is not simply the Catholic hierarchy — those with titles of bishop, or cardinal or pope. These individuals do control the levers of power and authority in the church, but the ...

I am writing in response to “Victims of their own monster; Ballyhooed system for monitoring priests fails” (Commentary, Feb. 16), by Eugene Cullen Kennedy, a former priest and professor… ...

How the Catholic Church's Hierarchy Helps Hide Sexual Abuse. Published Jul 13, 2017 at 1:36 PM EDT Updated Jul 13, 2017 at 4:13 PM EDT.