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The Church has ignored the female contribution to Catholic culture in
recent years,
according to an editorial in a new women’s magazine published by the
Vatican’s semi-official newspaper.
I applaud this as a new beginning and hope that future editions
will feature articles by a wide array of feminist theologians and
Roman Catholic Women Priests who are charting
a new course of renewal for the church today.
Lucetta Scaraffia, the co-ordinator of Women-Church-World,
the new monthly magazine published by L’Osservatore Romano,
said that a “hidden revolution” had taken place during the last century
with women making an increasingly important contribution
to the intellectual life of Catholicism.
the new monthly magazine published by L’Osservatore Romano,
said that a “hidden revolution” had taken place during the last century
with women making an increasingly important contribution
to the intellectual life of Catholicism.
But this, she explained, had been “almost ignored” by the Church
even though it had intensified in the years following the
Second Vatican Council when more and more women started to
study theology.
I also recommend articles by ordinary women in diverse occupations
who are living generous lives of loving service to their families,
neighborhoods, communities and countries.
On the same day the magazine was launched Pope Francis
released his prayer intentions for the month of May which
released his prayer intentions for the month of May which
he has dedicated to women, starting with their role in the family
and including those forced into slavery and
and including those forced into slavery and
those suffering sexual violence.
I appreciate Pope Francis' prayer/pledge to support the dignity
of women as images of God and this campaign to stop the abuse
of and violence toward women. However, the church must make
the connection between its discrimination against women in
decision-making at the top levels of our church including
its failure to affirm women priests and the abuse of and
violence toward women in the world.
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