Misogyny in Catholic doctrines regarding both sexuality and female ordination are very serious and a very apt subject for discussion.  The fact that in an age where the value of women in society has not quickly led to female ordination in the Catholic Church is a stain on its soul.

This is the first Pope not to be explainable by St. Malachy's prophesies, probably because Benedict still lives. Soon, however, according to Malachy, Rome and its primacy will be no more.  The formal rift between Rome and Constantinople has been healed, with mutual appearances at coronations and councils.  Now there is simply the matter of supremacy and that is also serious.  Rome has no claim to having its model called superior - one patriarch with a huge number of diocese.  The Orthodox model is much more workable, with each national patriarch its own head.  It will be interesting to see how that would adapt to our cultural forms and how quickly we ordain women.