Christus Dominus Curia deplored the fact that conference leaders appeared to behave as if they were regional popes. This complaint is notably found in the 1985 Ratzinger Report, a series of interviews where Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger deplores the lack of structure, organization and coordination between Rome and the local assemblies of Catholic bishops. Christus Dominus Christus Dominus (abbreviation "CD") is the Second Vatican Council's Decree on the Pastoral Office of Bishops. It was approved by a vote of 2,319 to 2 of the assembled bishops and was promulgated by Pope Paul VI on 28 October 1965. The title in Latin means "Christ
Joseph Ratzinger as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith people known to have read the actual "Third Message" put into writing in 1944, and is the author of the "Theological Commentary on the Third Message", published with the message itself in 2000. In 1984, an interview with Ratzinger was published in the Pauline Sisters newsletter which stated that the message deals with "dangers threatening the faith and the life of the Christian and therefore of the world", while stating that it marks the beginning of the end-times. A year later, the interview was re-published in "The Ratzinger Report", although several statements were omitted. In October 1987 he stated that