I look forward to the day when a Pope's praise for laity who courageously swim against the Church hierarchy  current on issues laity know better--or best--is not seen as news but as common sense.

The laity were "prophetic" when the Church hierarchy was not, says Francis. As  my kids would say, "Duh!"

It's time to let that "people prophet possibility" take hold in so  many other issues where humble lay women and men have the experience and the expertise, the knowledge and the wisdom. 

Hubris and authority should not continue to defeat the prophetic.  

Promulgated ignorance, especially willful ignorance, has constituted an abuse of authority in the Church. Those "prophetic" men and women have been bravely saying that for a long, long time---and being ridiculed and demeaned for it at the highest levels. Don't take it from me. The successor to Peter just said it too.