Immutable

In 2024 it will be 30 years since I became a Catholic. In all that time nothing ....nothing ... has changed for the better on issues like LGBTQ people and their relationships, divorced people and communion, celibate vs married priests, or women as deacons and priests. Oh, and then there's the lack of change in how the child sex abuse problem is being dealt with (or not dealt with).

This is why I haven't considered myself a Catholic in a very long time. The church won't change. It's not that it can't change - it has changed on some things, like usury. It's that it refuses to change. Pope Francis likes things the way they are.

Vatican Deems Bigger Church Role for Women ‘Urgent,’ but Postpones Major Issues

A monthlong meeting convened by Pope Francis to determine the future of the Roman Catholic Church ended Saturday night with a document that said it was “urgent” that women have a larger role but postponed discussion of major issues such as ordaining women as deacons and failed to address outreach to L.G.B.T.Q.+ Catholics.

Vatican officials instead sought to emphasize common ground during the meeting, which was characterized by liberals and conservatives alike as a potential culmination of Francis’ 10-year pontificate and the vehicle through which he might make changes.

Instead, it echoed another characteristic of Francis’ tenure: kicking the can on major issues ...

The great "thinkers" of the church believe that something that is immutable is superior. It's hard to pretend you speak for God, hard to pretend you're infallible, if you keep changing your mind. But in the real world, living things change to meet the reality of the moment. Those that can't or won't ... they die.

PS - if we can believe the NT, Jesus was able to change his mind.