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Addressing the Synod Assembly on Saturday evening, Pope Francis highlighted how the Final Document, written over the course of the 2nd Session of the Synod on Synodality that began on Oct. 2 following a process of listening and dialogue, is the fruit of over three years of listening to the People of God. It reveals, […]
At Vatican Synod, Women’s Issues Are Relegated to a Side Group The New York Times Papal summit ends with call for leadership roles for women BBC.com Pope Francis’ Catholic church reform process ends without giving more equity to women CBS News Vatican meeting ends and hope fades for more change under Francis The Washington Post Called But Not Heard Commonweal […]
Change comes slowly to Vatican II Vatican II began in 1962 much like Vatican I: an all-clerical, all-male assembly. Women initially sought influence in similar ways as well. Every night the Belgian journalist Betsie Hollants made a pot of soup and held open house for the council fathers. Soup broth and red wine were cheap, […]