Resolved: the Church should move back towards the practice of the early Church, in which laity, clergy and other local bishops played a central role in the selection of new bishops.
This question has been raised forcefully by Benedictine Abbott Peter von Sury of Mariastein, Switzerland. This would not be a panacea, but I wonder if the current system, which combines high centralization with a “good-old-boy” network (the role played by Cardinal Law in this process was legendary) really serves mother Church well, particularly give the crisis in leadership we are currently facing.
