Pope JPII must have thought the same thing. Two months after the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments clarified Canon Law about girl altar servers, the Pope issued his statement that men-only priests was a matter of Divine Law and this CANNOT be changed. He drew a line in the sand.
Yes. He did. And when the line was questioned, he held firm. He was the Pope, that was his job. He also threw a few bones to the heretics (girl Altar Boys, Holy Communion in the hand). I wish he had not, but it was his call.