text: I think this is all great news ... however, the late Robert Kaiser's idea of a new autochthonous rite - apart from the Roman rite - is necessary for many of these long needed reforms, such as the ordination of women and married men, to be effectively implemented.
  
  I would be more than willing to allow the Roman rite to remain all-male and celibate.  People who think that is the best expression of the Gospel to "knock themselves out."  
  
  The rest of us can begin the third millennia of Christianity with a genuine reform and renewal that attempts to return to the first century understandings of Christian ministry.
  
  The church is big enough - or should be - for both of these expressions.  It would go a long way to realizing the dream of Christian unity while preserving the diversity that is our strength, not a decrement.  
  
  All of us Christians can and should be friends, not adversaries.