Apparently these ivory tower intellectuals haven't noticed that their rudderless ship has also lost MILLIONS of passengers in the past 50 years due, at least in part, to those who have jumped overboard to avoid 1) living under "moral laws" based on theology over 500 years out of date; 2) participating/supporting an institution which glorifies misogyny, patriarchy, monarchy, clericalism, exclusion and ignorance of science and human behavior; 3) an institution which, until Francis, buried itself in adoration of its own rules and NOT the loving, merciful Jesus as found in the Gospels.  Francis (along with, I believe, the Holy Spirit) has thrown a life preserver to many -- the dudes piloting the ship are so self-involved in retaining their own privilege they can't look beyond to see reality.