We sin as a church and the pope sins too as long as he and we espouse a belief that there are any functions women should not be allowed to do.  The Great Commandment is clear:  Treat all the same and with love or we sin against Jesus Christ, who is the Holy Spirit of the Living God.  There are no exceptions to this commandment - not for priesthood or women.  One cannot treat their neighbor as their self while telling their neighbor God can call me to ordained priesthood but God is not allowed to call you to that same ordination or sacrament.

We will not grow while we continue this abuse of the human dignity of women in our church.  Sexism in religion directly causes global poverty, global rape, global child abuse, violence, terrorism and slavery.  

It is time we held our hierarchy accountable, and protested, openly, everywhere around the globe, this abuse of human dignity, and called it out for the heinous destructive sin that it has always been.