I confess I was initially annoyed by Cardinal Schönborn’s statement to Synod reporters that the Pope could change the Catechism on homosexuality. The Cardinal was referring specifically to the Catechism’s statement that homosexuality is “intrinsically disordered”. His point seemed to be that since the Pope promulgated the Catechism, only the Pope can change it. That is true enough, and in context the remark seems far less provocative. But I still wish to add perspective.