The Pope

In the news: Pope Francis Won't Allow Married Men As Priests, Women As Deacons

No great surprise here. Those who had hopes that this pope would be an agent of change on the issues that matter to most Catholics ... clergy sex abuse, married priests, women deacons and priests, birth control, divorce/remarriage, gay people and their relationships, etc. ... have been disappointed. Let's not pretend anymore that Francis is progressive. He is a social conservative, a sexist, a homophobe, and a protective church traditionalist. He won't let the church change, as living things change, and that's why it's dying.