Papal Assignment

Some topics I think are important for the next Pope to address are sexual abuse issues and the declining number of priests in the developed world. I think the future of the Church needs to become more modernized because there is indifference toward church teachings from the world’s youth. To be a woman in the Church is very restrictive. A woman religious can only become a sister. However, laywomen in the Church can be Eucharistic ministers and altar servers (but so can men). Women in the Church somehow need to have an equal playing field as men. If I could change one think in the Church it would be to take away the literal Latin translations. These translations are not relatable to the modern world because of their foreign speech. Unfortunately, there is not room in the current hierarchy for an organizational democracy. The cardinals pray to the Holy Spirit for inspiration in their daily work and especially when choosing the next Pope.