[CaptainCrunch]

I'm a lapsed Catholic, I left the church a long time ago as did most of my family due to issues with a particular individual that could be classed as a severe f%%k up of church priorities.

I don't agree with the church on some key issues that would prevent me from going back, and do believe that the church needs a new version of Martin Luther to kick off a reformation of the institution.

I don't believe that this is the guy to do it with the vigor that it needs to happen, I: don't think that they had that candidate yet as we are still dealing with an older and stauncher generation.

However, I do get my ire up a bit on the other side. People have the right to believe what they want to believe, they have the right to worship if they want to worship and pray if they want to pray.

I do believe that there is a wide brush condemnation of Catholicism that's a bit odorous and actually prevents positive action from happening at a church level. I also believe that there is a tremendous politically correct double standard being applied to organized religion.

I have to hope tho that this pope realizes that this has to be a all hands on deck emergency all stop repair of the church and its reputation.

I believe that they have to fully open up on the child abuse scandals, I believe that there has to be a fairly wide spread condemnation, open excommunication and communication with law enforcement over this heinous period. "I beleive that the whole the church will judge them and god will punish them mentality has to go.

I believe that the church does have to accept Homosexual rights, however if the church doesn't want to include homosexual marriage into their services and rights then that's fine as well.

I believe that the church has made strides on the contraceptive issue, but they need to go a bit further on it.

I believe that the church will only go so far on abortion rights, but I: am onboard to an extent as I am middling on the abortion issue. I don't believe in late term abortion for contraceptive reasons, and I still struggle with abortion as birth control, I believe that the fetus does have some rights to live. Please don't start a debate on it though, I'm not going to change my mind.

I also believe that this generation of popes and cardinals is the one that is going to make these changes.

I also think that it would be cool to have woman priests, especially hot ones. And that priests should be allowed to get married, however if they aspire to a higher office they can still stay married but take a vow of celibacy like they do in the Greek Orthodox.