Pope Benedict has invited six women experts on the Bible to the upcoming Synod to be held in Rome from Oct. 5-26. Six out of 41 are women and nineteen observers are women.
While it is true that the Vatican has taken a baby step forward, this is far from equity, and represents a failure to incorporate the rich body of scholarship which feminists have contributed over the past twenty-five years in ground-breaking scholarship. However, as Sr. Christine Schenk observes, it is better than nothing!
Roman Catholic Womenpriests will be participating at the Shadow Synod. More about this later...!!!
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Praise For Including Female Experts At Vatican Synod
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"The Vatican is to be congratulated for including three women biblical scholars and three other women specialists to serve as experts at October's Synod on the Word," said FutureChurch director, Sr. Christine Schenk. "This is especially gratifying since no women experts were included at the 2005 Synod on the Eucharist. We are hopeful that all the international scholars selected (both male and female) are representative of the full spectrum of perspectives about women's biblical leadership.
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