"Lady in Red: Linda Tipped to be Cardinal" by Justine McCarthy/ Now that would be a Vatican shakeup!

The Catholic world is abuzz with rumours that the Pope may soften the church’s stance on women

Justine McCarthy Published: 3 November 2013

Linda Hogan, a professor at Trinity College, Dublin, could be a contender to join the papal enclave (Andrew Medichini/Sasko Lazarov )
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SHE may be a woman, married, a feminist and only 49, but an Irish theologian called Linda Hogan is being tipped as the Vatican’s first lady in red.

There has never been a female cardinal, but since Pope Francis took charge in Rome eight months ago and emerged as a social liberal the unthinkable has become possible.

Speculation is rampant that the reformist Argentinian Pope will invite a woman to don the red hat and sit in the Holy See’s papal conclave, which will pick his successor one day. In theory she could become pope herself.

The new Pope has repeatedly said he wants to increase the role of women in the church and that it needs to develop “a truly deep theology of women”.

The prospect of the first female cardinal was triggered by Juan Arias, a former priest from Brazil, who wrote in the Spanish newspaper El Pais ...
Bridget Mary's Response
Now that would bring a Vatican shakeup! Bridget Mary Meehan, www.arcwp.org

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