woman cardinal - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 21 Oct 2013 02:46:35 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg woman cardinal - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Will Pope appoint a woman cardinal? https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/10/22/will-pope-appoint-woman-cardinal/ Mon, 21 Oct 2013 18:03:10 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=51093 Statements by Pope Francis that he wants to see greater roles for women in the Church have sparked speculation that he might appoint a woman cardinal. After an unnamed Jesuit was quoted in Spain as saying "It's something that Pope Francis has thought about before", Italian and American media picked up the idea. Cardinal Timothy Read more

Will Pope appoint a woman cardinal?... Read more]]> Statements by Pope Francis that he wants to see greater roles for women in the Church have sparked speculation that he might appoint a woman cardinal.

After an unnamed Jesuit was quoted in Spain as saying "It's something that Pope Francis has thought about before", Italian and American media picked up the idea.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan said somebody told Pope John Paul II he should made Mother Teresa a cardinal and the Pope said: "I asked her. She doesn't want to be one."

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