Michael, if Francis attempts to ordain women or officially admit gay men to the priesthood he'll be sharing an apartment with Benedict the following week - if he's lucky! - and the chair of Peter will receive some quick extension work in order to accommodate Burke's considerable @ss. Francis is NOT going to change these things - we are!

The best Francis can do is change the system of governance in order to facilitate a college of Cardinals which is collegial, a Synod of Bishops which is synodal and help the process of ordinary people giving shape and form to the thing which shaped and formed them, The Church.