FC,
It's probably petty easy to take that kind of position, as long as you're either in full agreement with what the church teaches, or willing to walk away from what your own mind and experience may be telling you.  I say that with no rancor whatsoever.  

Oddly however, I've seen no shortage of folks here who might post what you posted, who seem to get pretty worked up when somebody like Francis seems to lean in favor of making changes that make them uncomfortable.  Then it becomes something very different: a problematic (or worse) pope, a camel's nose under the tent wall, etc...

But it seems to me that to take the position you take in your post would require a willingness to accept ANY changes made by the hierarchy, and accept that change as being from God.  Surely one can't have it both ways, right?  Or is there a working assumption that only conservative voices can know and learn the truth?