text: In response to the author. I really don't think you can blame him. First of all he was responding to questions that reporters were asking him. I think if it was his choice he probably wouldn't have wanted to focus on those contentious culture war issues and instead focus on the historic event that took place over the week between Catholics and Lutherans. Second......the Pope doesn't have the power to change Catholic Dogma. He just doesn't, and I'm saying that as someone who would like it to change. 
  
  Also why are people even surprised by this. He never said he was going to change the doctrine of the Catholic Church. But simply the approach and emphasis of the Catholic Church. Personally, I'm not gonna say that because I disagree with Francis on controversial culture war issues that I all of a sudden thrown him under the bus. So because he doesn't think women's ordination can happen, does that really make every thing else he did over the week irrelevant. Are people so single issue?