I agree, Monica. I tend to think multiple new models will probably emerge simultaneously -- perhaps in harmony with each other, perhaps not. But what I expect them all to have in common is an increasing lack of acceptance of centralized, worldwide authority. I think Francis understands this (or at least intuits it) and is, in some ways, trying to prepare us for it. I think his "poor Church for the poor" is at least partly about that.

Eventually, of course, those new models will themselves begin to consolidate power and authority around certain individuals and will need renewal. That seems to be history's pattern.