The Pope and Product Disclaimers

The world mourns as funerals for the late Pope John II begin. In many ways he was a great man. Those stories can be read everywhere. Unfortunately, some of his policies were too "Old World" to be relevant to citizens of the world today.
I don't understand why the rules banning women from becoming priests can't be relaxed. To ban women from the priesthood forever does not bode well for the future of the Catholic church. Supposedly, finding enough priests to meet the demand of parishes around the world is becoming more difficult. Seems to me tapping into women as a new resource to fit the need would be the pragmatic and innovative course to follow. Will the new pontiff travel a different path? Probably not.
The questions of birth control and celibacy of priests also need to addressed by the new papacy.
More contentious is the idea of same-sex marriages. Faiths of all kinds are split on this issue. Try to imagine how much more relevant Catholicism would be if the definition of marriage would change. John Lennon reminded us "It's easy if you try". Not to worry though. That one will never happen. More "Old World" thinking for the 21st century.

I've just about had it with product disclaimers. We've all been subjected to those audio tag-ons to radio advertisements and bottom-screen visuals used to cover the advertiser's rear end. On radio, some announcer races through a line or two at break-neck speed, leaving us with no chance to actually what was said. On television, the disclaimer is super-imposed on the screen in such small print, the only way we could ever actually read the message would be to record the commercial, freeze frame on the disclaimer and sit 2 feet from the television. Who's kidding who here? What a joke.
Let's quit pretending those are true disclaimers alerting the public to specific conditions of sale or use.
I propose we require advertisers to simply state, "Before you spend money, read actual terms and conditions offered". After that, any potential customers would be on there own.