Pathetic photo of aging males in red!  A vibrant community of believers?  More moribund. There should be women in this mix.  They have a human perspective that is sorely needed. Popes have changed this club through papal history. Initially, one didn't have to be ordained. Lay persons could, the last being PIX right hand man. Leo X was elected pope from cardinal flock even though not ordained.  Leo went through a week of lay-to-clerical upgrades before being crowned papal monarch. Francis could make this an opening for women cardinals without tweaking with women's ordination.  Such would still be a conservative move.
Ordaining women, however, would be progressive.  TR shouldn't use progressive where there is no substantive change.