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# True and False Democracy in the Church: My latest in the National Catholic Register
- URL: https://gaudiumetspes22.com/true-and-false-democracy-in-the-church-my-latest-in-the-national-catholic-register/
- Published: 2024-05-22T17:55:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-11T01:00:44.000Z
- Author: Larry Chapp
- Tags: Crisis in the Church, #larry-chapp, #Import 2026-08-10 19:59

Democracy can be a very good thing. But it does not apply to everything. And it is also critical to understand what is meant by democracy in the first place. Can hierarchical structures, paradoxically, end up being more "democratic" than the bureaucratic democracy of modernity?

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[https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/true-and-false-democracy-in-catholic-church](https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/true-and-false-democracy-in-catholic-church?ref=gaudiumetspes22.com)

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