text: Under the previous two pontiffs, we saw the "middle managers" essentially whipped into line or whipped out the door.  It seems Pope Francis practices what he preaches, in urging people to change and think and use their conscience, not demanding he and he alone could draw rigid lines, sometimes bypassing those "middle managers" entirely.  He may be demonstrating the Church is not to be led like a corporation by a CEO, or he may be letting the "middle managers" have enough rope to hang themselves.  Hopefully a questioning Church will find new ways to be true followers of Christ, rather than disintegrating.  An invitation to follow, not a command to obey.