Phillip Thompson : The new pope will be getting much advice . Pope Francis is expected to receive a lot of help from the Vatican bureaucracy in his first months as pontiff. He says put lay experts in charge of sex abuse probe , eliminate Vatican Bank . And why not have women deacons ? Thompson : Church should empower laity , especially women , and restore faith , hope .
Phillip Thompson : The new pope will be getting much advice . Pope Francis is expected to receive a lot of help from the Vatican bureaucracy in his first months as pontiff. He says put lay experts in charge of sex abuse probe , eliminate Vatican Bank . Thompson : Church should empower laity , especially women , and restore faith , hope .