“The Pope would have an easier job than the President of the United States in adopting a change of course. He has no Congress alongside him as a legislative body nor a Supreme Court as a judiciary. He is absolute head of government, legislator and supreme judge in the church. If he wanted to, he could authorize contraception over night, permit the marriage of priests, make possible the ordination of women and allow eucharistic fellowship with this Protestant churches. What would a Pope do who acted in the spirit of Obama?” ReligionChurchChristianityPriestsCatholicismPopeEucharistPriesthoodClergyCelibacyContraceptionProtestantismEcumenismWomen Clergy Author:Hans Küng