The Pope’s Council of Cardinals says the Roman Curia needs to be more international and include more young people and women. Commonly referred to as the “C9,” the group was established by Pope Francis after his election as Bishop of Rome in 2013 to advise him in matters of Church governance and reform. Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Women’
Pope condemns chauvinism, physical violence, wants respect for women
Monday, September 11th, 2017
Pope Francis condemned “verbal and physical violence towards women” and called for “respect” for them at a Mass he was celebrating during his visit to Columbia last week. Colombia’s mainly Catholic population is known for its macho culture and high levels of gender violence. During his homily that was repeatedly interrupted by applause, Francis asked Read more
The living wage – is Church shortchanging workers?
Thursday, August 3rd, 2017Is it too much to ask the Church to pay its workers a living wage? According to Valerie Schultz, while the church relies on volunteers in many instances, certain jobs require steady commitment and extensive training, which must be compensated. Paying the people who provide these services is a matter of economic justice. Schultz says Read more
New Swedish cardinal wants women advisors
Thursday, June 29th, 2017
The new Swedish cardinal, Anders Arborelius, has suggested Pope Francis consider creating a special advisory body of women. Their role would be similar to that of the College of Cardinals and would offer more opportunity for women’s leadership in the church. Francis made Arborelius Sweden’s first cardinal in a consistory on Wednesday. He said he Read more
Old injustices against women in mega churches in Africa
Monday, June 19th, 2017
Adoley and her husband Mike (not their real names) attend one of Ghana’s mega churches. Both are university graduates. She is a seamstress and owns a small retail shop. He is an accountant. The couple live with Mike’s family, where Adoley sometimes feels she’s blamed for the couple’s childlessness after having three miscarriages. When they Read more
Feminists debate – is the church anti-woman?
Monday, February 27th, 2017
Feminists slugged out the question: is the Church anti-woman? at the Aquinas Institute for Catholic Thought’s 10th annual Great Debate in Boulder, Colorado, last week. Dr. Mary Anne Case, a law professor at the University of Chicago, answered in the affirmative, while Erika Bachiochi, a visiting fellow at the University’s Ethics and Public Policy Center, Read more
Vatican’s first female-only association gets the nod
Tuesday, December 13th, 2016
The Vatican’s first female-only association has been formally approved as a Vatican association. Donne in Vaticano (“Women in the Vatican”) is open to all 750 women working for the Holy See and its attached institutions. So far about 50 women have joined. Women make up about a fifth of the Vatican workforce. Most of them Read more
Pro-life propaganda websites outlawed in France
Tuesday, December 6th, 2016
Pro-life websites that spread “propaganda” and “misinformation” about abortions may soon be criminalised in France. The French National Assembly has moved to punish offenders with up to two years in prison and a €30,000 fine. The bill has now been moved to the Senate where it will be further debated. The bill aims to extend Read more
Vatican Commission on women deacons – first meeting today
Friday, November 25th, 2016
The Vatican Commission on Women Deacons meets for the first time today. The 12-members will study how things were in the early times of the Church. This will involve finding out how women served as deacons in the early church. Questions include “were their duties similar to those performed by male deacons” and if so, Read more
Priest recalls CDF demand he be sacked as editor
Tuesday, July 12th, 2016
An Irish priest has recounted how the Vatican once demanded he resign as the editor of a magazine. Redemptorist Fr Gerry Moloney was editor of Reality magazine in Ireland. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s displeasure with some of the liberal content of the magazine was broken to him in May, 2011. The Read more