“the consciences of the faithful — that are to be formed and not replaced” Pope Francis as reported by Joshua J. McElwee.  “But I have been mercifully treated because I acted out of ignorance in my unbelief” (1 Timothy 1:13).  “You are my inheritance, O Lord” (Psalm 16: (see 5), i.e., not the Church hierarchy though that hierarchy has role to play, not absolute, e.g. in the sexual coverups, but a definite role.  “Your word, O Lord is truth; consecrate us in the truth” (See John 17:17b, 17a), as distinct from politics, whether church or state.  “remove the wooden beam from your eye first” (Luke 6:42) the beam that blinds the dysfunctional church from taking advantage of the social sciences, a type of code word for “the consciences of the faithful.”  Liturgy of the Word, Reading 441 Friday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time I, Our Lady of Sorrows.