The Catholic church, in my opinion, needs to be more 'people centric', rather than 'dogma centric'. And that is what Pope Francis is trying to do. In the early nineties, while I was working in Saudi Arabia, we used to have the 'Sunday Mass on Fridays' in an auditorium within the Aramco (presently Saudi Aramco) premises where many American and European families were staying. This was supposed to be done in secret though the Mass was held with the knowledge and permission of the concerned persons. There was a period when the people concerned could not bring in sufficient hosts in time for the mass. So, what they did was just to be pragmatic. They took the local Arabic bread "Khubz", cut intro small pieces, and consecrated in place of the normal host. All of the participants took communion of the Khubz without any problem as they were not bothered about the dogmas. So, I have a feeling that the catholic dogmatism creates problems than it helps in solving problems.

Sebastian Thomas