Pope Francis Advisory Council To Reform Church With Permanent Panel Of 8 Cardinals

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54. You've got it, all right

Some 50 years ago I was on the verge of taking instruction in the Church of my beloved Granny (I was 15 y.o.) but I just could not make the jump into a place that didn't think that married women should use birth control. Call me a pre-feminist of 1962, but there you have it. Also, I thought the Transubstantiation of the Host was a profound metaphor, but not actual...

So I didn't. And ultimately I became extremely glad I did not. But I still care and I still hope that the Church will clean itself up and enter the 21st century in meaningful ways.

One of the most logical early things Pope Francis could do, in my opinion, is let priests marry. It would be a relatively easy lift, because they already allow Episcopalian priests to convert and bring their wives and kids along.

And from there....