text: Thinking and defending the papacy from inconsistency are very different things. The Magisterium is about the latter.  Blind obedience, by the way, is falling for a pithy line.  Clergy do not have a monopoly on reason, especially if they thrive on obedience for their own careers.  The Church cannot ignore science and expect compliance from those who think for themselves.  Science has demonstrated that Asexuality from birth is a thing and it likely explains the Platonic ideal of friendship as greater than any sexual relationship, including with a wife.  You've read the rest.  Humanae Vitae took the undifferentiated asexual view one bridge too far.  Most Catholics have stopped listening.  It is going to take effort and change, i.e., growth and repentance for the Magisterium to have any credibility in these matters. There are too possible reactions, let the Church rot or step in.  I prefer stepping in because I love the Church too and its as much mine as Burke's.