Joe, I accept that many RC's have lifestyles that would not be condoned by the RC church. I also accept that the RC church does not root out folks not following its codes. I guess one could call this independance or freedom, or watever makes one personally comfortable. But, I suspect you know that ome others would not feel as comfortable with that.

I do understand personal faith, as I am a faithful Christian. While an interesting topic, that has been debated broadly, this is not the issue.

You have stated that women should build a consensus of support to change the RC church structure and refusal to allow women (I suspect, over half it's members) as priests. You state that change must be accepted by the broad RC community.

Yet you also state that the RC leadership flows from a caste of leaders ordained by hierarchical authority. This caste has been historically steadfast on it's position.

So, just how can such change occur in such an organization? What real opportunity is in place to seek RC views, and impact change in such a stucture, on consensus, as you suggest.

I appriciate your attempts at squeezing out hope for change in the quote form a RC representative. However, when it is clearly stated that the RC church hierarchicy cannot change God's will, I suggest changing that view is just wishful thinking.