There is a better argument against altar girls than against female participation in this once a year event. I know you don’t like them, but they are here. It’s about picking battles and being able to show the difference between dogmatic areas and others.
Yes, Francis should change the rubrics rather than flout them. But you know that that isn’t something he can do in a week. (Well, he could, but the pope doesn’t usually exercise his authority like that.)
like i said, it gives me pause and causes some trepidations for the reasons i enumerated, but i am hopeful that he will look for the consequences of what he chooses to do.