I would respectfully suggest that the RCC needs to have the laity at its' highest levels ASAP! By suggesting that "centuries of tradition" is a reason for maintaining the status quo, means that no change(s) can even be contemplated; good luck with that argument. Even the pictures of old, old men makes me sick. . .and let us not forget that many of these cardinals are the same ones that covered up the rape of little boys, financial corruption, and the promotion to sainthood of a man who conspired to attack religious sisters.