The only person who seems to be stopping Frank IS Frank.   We've had bifurcated synods on the family which accomplished nothing, we've got a group studying female deacons for at least a year with no action; we've had a commission on clergy abuse of minors and we all know how well that has been going.  The list goes on.

I've long since given up hope that Frank will do anything other than stop the ship from continuing to sail in the wrong direction; I was hoping he'd start to turn it around, but after 4 plus years we are still pretty much dead in the water.

On a brighter note, I must say that since I've clicked the "mute" function on some of the usual retro posters, the comments and dialogue on NCR is far more civilized and lucid.  I would encourage everyone to block the trolls that way.