including one this week that the vatican spokesman described as intense. there are the stylistic differences that set pope francis apart from benedict. the iron cross and the more common dress, and there s already been one substantive change that has annoyed traditionalists, the way he included two women in a holy week ceremony representing the moment when christ washed the feet of his 12 disciples. all men. was the new pope hinting that he was intending to elevate the role of women in the church? it was something that raised hopes among catholic women at the easter mass, even if some remain skeptical that he can or will be able to bring about major change. he is going to make changes, but he has to sort of move forward with the times and, yeah, embrace embrace today and stop trying, to i don t know, intimate old ideas. reporter: still, as much as many catholics, especially in the developed world works like
including one this week that the vatican spokesman described as intense. there are the stylistic differences that set pope francis apart from benedict. the iron cross and the more common dress, and there s already been one substantive change that has annoyed traditionalists, the way he included two women in a holy week ceremony representing the moment when christ washed the feet of his 12 disciples. all men. was the new pope hinting that he was intending to elevate the role of women in the church? it was something that raised hopes among catholic women at the easter mass, even if some remain skeptical that he can or will be able to bring about major change. if he is going to make changes, he has to sort of move forward with the times and, yeah, embrace embrace today and stop trying to, i don t know, intimate old ideas. reporter: still, as much as many catholics, especially in
face-to-face meetings they have had several phone conversations including one this week that the vatican spokesman described as intense. there are the stylistic differences that set pope francis apart from benedict. the iron cross and the more common dress, and there s already been one substantive change that has annoyed traditionalists, the way he included two women in a holy week ceremony representing the moment when christ washed the feet of his 12 dies pals. all men. was the new pope hinting that he was intending to elevate the role of women in the church? it was something that raised hopes among catholic women at the easter mass, even if some remain skeptical that he can or will be able to bring about major change. he is going to make changes, but he has to sort of move forward with the times and, yeah, embrace embrace today and stop trying, to i don t know, intimate old ideas. reporter: still, as much as many catholics, especially in
east every mars. even as some remained skeptical that he will be able to bring about change. if he s going to make changes he needs to sort of move forward with the times and embrace today and stop trying to implement all ideas. reporter: still, as much as many catholics, especially in the developed world, would like to see a more modern church, pope francis follows a pontiff who did not. disagreeing on philosophical issues can be one way the pope can prove he s different from his predecessor but a more and immediate visible way will be how he handles the festering problems managing the vatican. how he ll address the personnel changes many feel are necessary to firmly and finally deal with the sex scandals involving the clergy and charges of financial misdeeds. the real chance of the new pope begins now that the ceremonies are over. as to whether he can really can