What stories about the Catholic Church will we be following in 2022?

What stories about the Catholic Church will we be following in 2022? 

The legacy of Francis is that he does not use the royal We. This is the news that the media has not covered. It is a huge thing. The curial changes may be quietly radical as well. I am still expecting an enhanced role for Cardinal Advisors - more of a Patriarchal one. Of course, Africa already has a patriarch, whose jurisdiction should go beyond the Coptic rites. That would be huge news and worthy of sending MSW to Africa to cover it. 

One can be an A+ Catholic and not go to weekly Mass. The Mass is for us, not for God. Morality too. The pre-Vatican II sect are not capable of understanding that the Humility of God is not just found in the submission of Christ to the Father. Indeed, the Father was a co-submitter on the cross in reaching out to us. The whole point of salvation is the now - not a means of getting to Heaven.

If Faithful Citizenship does not include enhancing the Child Tax Credit (Building Back Better), then it is not worth the bandwidth to put on the USCCB website. Bishops who do not endorse it are not worth their keep. They will also continue to be local lordlings until selection is local, not papal. Organizational forms matter. Imagine how local election and removal would change the USCCB. 

The CUA presidency is a question for the alumni. I only rented a dorm room there as an intern. The libertarianism of the business school reflects the authoritarianism of capitalism. They are not the same thing and not unlike the authoritarianism of the Catholic bishops. The CUA business school's direction is a feature, not a flaw. To change the business school, change the Church, and not just whether bishops are allies of Francis.