"Does the church need to remove the wooden beam of structural violence from its own eye?"

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"The Catholic Church has a strong history supporting social justice. Twenty papal encyclicals beginning with Rerum Novarum, written in 1891, outline many aspects of human rights. "

“…if you want peace, work for justice.” (Pope Paul VI)

"Let’s look at the church’s governing model first. The power circle in the church excludes laymen and all women. Somewhere Jesus’ directive for the apostles to heal and preach morphed into them becoming an exclusive class of governors. Only those in the power circle of ordained men choose who may enter the power circle as well as hierarchical appointments within the power circle. Women daring to consider entering the power circle are threatened with the structural violence of ex-communication’s eternal damnation. .."