The Catholic Church is not a democratic institution and has never claimed to be a democratic institution. The Catholic Church has rules. You take it or you leave it; and a lot of people have left it. Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on your way out.
I really don’t get where she has the temerity to pipe-up about this.
I’m Catholic and whatever the Methodist or Presbyterian Churches choose to have as rules for their members is none of my business.