The Pope who tweets

Where does religion fit into a world with impressive advancements in science and technology that are able to explain issues that previously only faith could address?

Nowadays, we live in a world where technology and science have managed to explain millions of events that were previously left solely to religion to explain. Analyzing the world's religions, these are the most followed, according to Wolfram Alpha:

• Christianity: 32.79% (Catholics 20.36%, Protestants 8.36%, others 4.07%)
• Islam: 21%
• Hinduism: 13%
• Buddhism: 5.8%
• Judaism: 0.23%
• Other religions: 12.85%
• Atheism: 2.3%
• Non-religious: 12.53%

In Mexico, the Catholic religion is dominant; however, newer generations are not as devout, nor do they frequent churches as much as in the past. As one of the most charismatic and beloved popes of recent times said, "Pope John Paul II fills stadiums but not churches." As the son of a Catholic father and a Protestant mother, I have lived both religions closely. Christianity, with more and more churches in Mexico and more followers every day, and Catholicism, where its churches seem like museums, everyone prays the same, and each mass follows very similar protocols, in a world where each individual has unique problems and needs. Today, we have Pope Francis Bergoglio, who has made a 180-degree turn to the Catholic Church. Firstly, because he is a Latin Pope (Argentinian), and secondly, understanding that in a world with so much poverty, the church cannot symbolize luxury and excess, removing the multimillion-dollar luxuries in its vestments and carriages. He is such a radical Pope that he has appeared on the cover of Time magazine, beating Edward Snowden for the title of Person of the Year (the one who revealed NSA secrets). All this due to radical measures, such as apologizing to homosexuals and divorced individuals for the harm the Catholic Church has caused them by not accepting them. Another of the new Pope's most radical changes is that he tweets, having more than 10 million followers. One of the questions I have always had is... What would happen if one day we had a young Pope, for example, 35 years old, who allowed for more radical changes within the church to adapt religion to modern times and thus attract more young people? Or what if celibacy were abolished, and thus priests became role models for families, in times when divorce rates are huge? It is clear that spirituality is a basic need for human beings; however, where does religion fit into a world with impressive advancements in science and technology that are able to explain issues that previously only religion or faith could address?