"[The] curia exists to carry out the decisions and policies that are arrived at by the bishops, always with and never without Peter," said Wuerl."  How about without the rest of the Faithful.

Without denouncing the Teaching Magisterium, Paul writes, <I>nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were Apostles before me; rather, I went into Arabia and then returned to Damascus</I> (Galatians 1:17).  Liturgy of the Word, Reading 462, Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time II, Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi.