Pope Francis is out to change the church Pat Perriello | Oct. 24, 2016, National Catholic Reporter

https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/francis-out-change-church

"...For me, one of the big problems with Catholicism is it is often more interested in being Catholic than it is in being Christian. When an issue arises, clergy and laity look first to church teaching, church rules, and practices rather than looking to the Gospels for direction. Sometimes it seems we almost forget that we are called to follow Jesus and not rules derived by theologians. Our theology builds on centuries of church tradition which is a positive, but sometimes we fail to see how each generation can take us farther and farther away from the core of the Christian message."