I fear I was unclear in my statement re: tradition, and as a result misled you into assuming that I was arguing against reforms.  Let me assure you that it was my mistake in phrasing, and not at all my belief. Thank you for pointing that out for me!  What I was trying to say was that we have so, so very much that needs reform, I always find myself prioritizing things as what is most pressing (and just) and what are more remote possibilities at this time and/or may resolve themselves once certain logjams are cleared from our path.  Thus, I hold ordination of women as a top priority, and the question of female cardinals as something that will be resolved in time if the former matter is made real.  I am not in opposition to the facts you present, but I also take seriously the Christian call to mercy even with the most difficult of situations.  I refuse to paint an entire group as being complicit in "the rape of little boys," or in financial corruption, etc., as I know it not to be true.