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Pope Francis opens up foot washing to women<\/a>.\u00a0 Why not?\u00a0 They can vote now.\u00a0 They can have positions of power and influence over men.\u00a0 What\u2019s the big deal?\u00a0 The big trick is still holding to the traditional ideas of men in charge of the Church that came from a society where women typically did not enjoy those things.\u00a0 There is certainly an argument to be made, what with women apostles in the New Testament and a historical justification for women deacons, that more than foot washing needs to be changed.<\/p>\n

With that said, getting rid of traditions should not be flippant, and sometimes I get a whiff from Pope Francis that suggests that he feels the\u00a0\u2018new\u2019 rocks, and the \u2018old\u2019 must go.\u00a0 And that can be an issue. <\/p>\n

I remember a few years ago, one of the local schools caused quite a stir when the band director announced they would no longer play Pomp and Circumstance<\/a> <\/em>at the graduation.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because it was old and worn out.\u00a0 Not that there was something better to replace it.\u00a0 In fact, he had no real suggestion about what should replace it.\u00a0 He simply was convinced that Pomp and Circumstance<\/em>, by virtue of being done for years on end, needed to be discarded and replaced.\u00a0 Something about a society that sees tradition as bad for the sake of being tradition suggests a society lost in space.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Sometimes traditions fade.\u00a0 I already acknowledged it<\/a>. But traditions ought not be discarded in lieu of nothing better simply because.\u00a0 That almost presents the idea that anything, by virtue of being old or already tried, is bad.\u00a0 And given the deplorable track record of most new things and new ideas, I fear the easy dismissal of the tried and true can only set up a society for future problems.\u00a0 Not that Pope Francis is all that when it comes to traditions.\u00a0 I just can\u2019t help but notice, once in a while, he is pretty easy about waving his hands at those traditions in which he seems to see no value. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"