This dust-up is near to being "internationalized". Obviously what's driving it is agenda (official & other) of the upcoming Synod on the Youth. Whatever the stated summary the synod will be dominated by two "issues": youth and the refugee crisis & LGBTQ concerns. The notion of *journeying/welcoming* uniting the two.

In the running up the growing complexity of this controversy surrounding Fr. Martin is playing its part. The open question, now, is how will Pope Francis sweep into this dust-up to signal this & that?

To show his support for Fr, Martin Pope Francis can:

1) invite Fr. Martin, as an editor of America, for a sit-down interview;
2) con-celebrate with him at a Jesuit sanctuary in Rome;
3) suggest a photo-op receiving Fr, Martin's book, "Bridges";
or - the cake icing -
4) task Fr. Martin to facilitate a working-group to review & revise those pesky "gay paragraphs" in the Catechism. This would set the tone and signal the anticipated end game for the upcoming synod.