I was wrongfully assuming that everyone here is Catholic.  My faith is that Jesus Christ is God.  But I certainly don't believe that the Vatican is the Church.  The Church is the body of Christ, much bigger than the Vatican and much bigger than the Roman Catholic Church.  All Christians are members of the body of Christ, even if they are not in the Roman Church; and all men and women of good will are traveling together toward full integration into the Cosmic Christ.  However, my understanding is that authority in the Church comes from Christ, not from the people;  even though the people should have a say in the election of ordained ministers.  Lamentably, we are a long way from that in the Roman Catholic Church; but we all have the right, and the duty, to express concerns as long as it is done in a charitable manner.   Let us pray that all the churches can overcome the obsolete, pre-Easter RELIGIOUS PATRIARCHY that is an obstacle to being a sacrament of Christ in the world.