text: If only things were as simple as you think they are.  While I am completely for ecumenism and the removal of the false constructs that separate us all - and, on every side I must add - I am also a realist and know that this matter is a bit more complicated then what you present.  The pope is not/no longer "an absolute monarch:" and if any pope knows that to his very bones it is Pope Francis.  You demonstrate a striking lack of understanding of the Catholic Church and its theology, or a real disregard for it.  Much of what you list are goals to work towards, but even Parliament won't do what you demand of it and neither will the Catholic or Anglican Churches.