I think the next Pope will have many new topics to address for the future church and the world. With the recent scandals that just occurred many people are losing faith in the Church. The Pope will have to remind as those people to replace their faith in him and God. There are also many world wide issues that have to be addressed such as abortion, gay marriage, women involved in the Church, and many more.
I think that Church needs to modernize with society. Times are changing rapidly in society, and I think the Church will have to change too. However, I believe this will be an extremely difficult job. It will be hard for the Pope to modernize the Church without drastically changing its views.
Personally, I do not believe that women should be allowed to be priests. I still think Jesus was a man and so should priests. However, I do believe that more women could be involved with administrative aspects of the Church. Incorporating this will also be a challenge I believe.
The thing I would change about the Church is the accountability of the priests. I think the way that the Church handled the sex scandals was extremely upsetting. I understand that it's not all priests, but during these times, I think all priests need to be accountable for their actions.
I think the hierarchy of the Church is fine the way it is. The Holy Spirit will guide the next Pope on what direction the Church needs to be taken in.
