if catholicism is to have any meaning, it is going to have to put it's foot down every now and again.
Over the past few weeks I've listened to my fellow Catholic friends explain to me that the Catholic Church MUST change...allow priests to marry, allow women to be priests, "lighten up" on abortion....etc.
I've reached the point where I now respond: "You need to find another Church".
In the humble opinion of this Catholic..."smaller but purer" sounds like an idea whose time has come.
Godspeed, Holy Father.