What the Pope is  doing  is to get rid of the strong control that those clerics have on their followers and reverse the situation where it is the congregation that defines what services they NEED from them. Pope Francis has the courage to  follow up on his goal to remove the evil of Fundamentalism in the religion he represents so that other extreme religions may do the same. It took courage to come out with such a bold statement seen by his staff as "radical". He is courageously rejecting those cardinals for their hypocrisy and unwillingness to give up their rigid and unchristian-like rigidity and control over their congregations. That unwillingness to give up the reigns of cruel and merciless stone-age dogmas is what is causing members to leave the church in droves. Francis is espousing the golden rule in his efforts to bring peace to the world. He is against  power that is in Fundamentalism . He decries the rampant hostilities and is fighting for the adoption of the real truth, Love.