Posts Tagged ‘women’s role’

Pink Shoes into the Vatican protests role of women in Catholic Church

Thursday, September 1st, 2022

Women’s role in the Catholic Church is the focus of a New Zealand group working for gender equality in Church leadership. A media release from a group called “Be the Change, Catholic Church, Aotearoa” notes New Zealand women’s suffrage was granted on 19 September 1893, and this month’s anniversary shows the Catholic Church is 129 Read more

McAleese says dealing with hierarchy like shouting at kids

Friday, September 12th, 2014

Former Irish president Mary McAleese has told a Sydney audience trying to be heard by the Church hierarchy is like shouting at children. About 1000 people at the Sydney Town Hall on September 7 heard her argue for a greater role for women in the Church. “The old boys’ club are going to have to Read more