Dare we hope for a more progressive pontiff? Cardinals, pay attention! This is your moment to show your sensitivity to the movements of the Spirit!

To quote Abigail Adams’s 1776 letter to her husband John: “I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors….Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice or representation.”