Pope amends Canon Law so women can be installed as lectors and acolytes

Recognising “the gifts of each baptised person” – women and men – Pope Francis has ordered a change to Canon Law and liturgical norms so that women can be formally installed as lectors and acolytes. “A consolidated practice in the Latin church has confirmed, in fact, that such lay ministries, being based on the sacrament... Read More

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October 30, 2020

World and theology need intelligence and gifts of women, pope tells scholars

The Catholic Church needs to rediscover its maternal heart and the world needs Mary’s motherly guidance so it can become a place where everyone is welcomed as brothers and sisters, Pope Francis said. “We need maternity, those who generate and regenerate life with tenderness, because only giving, caring and sharing hold the human family together,”... Read More

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October 10, 2020

Pope praises women’s consultation group at Council for Culture

Four years after the Pontifical Council for Culture instituted a Permanent Women’s Consultation Group to bring women’s experiences and voices to the council’s deliberations, Pope Francis noted that they represent a “novelty” at the Holy See. In fact, he said, “for the first time, a dicastery has involved a group of women by making them... Read More

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August 16, 2020

Listening to women can save lives during pandemic, sociologist says

Women in Ghana and other West African nations have suffered disproportionately during the global Covid-19 pandemic in large part because they have been excluded from positions of power and decision-making, a Catholic sociologist said. Miriam Rahinatu Iddrisu, the sociologist and gender specialist, said that women’s input could have helped alleviate a range of problems from... Read More

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August 8, 2020

Pope names six women to previously all-male Council for Economy

Renewing the membership of the Vatican Council for the Economy, Pope Francis named six women to the previously all-male board that oversees the financial operations of all Vatican offices and entities. Statutes for the council, approved by the pope in 2015, say the body will have 15 members: eight cardinals or bishops and seven laypeople,... Read More

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June 24, 2020

Women religious honored for work on pandemic’s front lines

Women religious working “on the front lines,” exposed to the coronavirus yet continuing to care for abandoned children, working to alleviate poverty, providing health care and helping victims of human trafficking are not “super women,” said Comboni Sr Alicia Vacas. Instead, they are women with great faith, compassion, generosity and determination, she said, “but also... Read More

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May 4, 2020

Brazilian bishops praise court ruling against abortion for women with Zika

The Brazilian bishops’ conference praised a Supreme Court ruling that women infected with the Zika virus could not have an abortion. “It is not for any public authority to selectively recognise the right to life, assuring it to some and denying it to others,” the bishops said. “This discrimination is inequitable and exclusive; it is... Read More

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April 14, 2020

Pope prays for women, especially those facing domestic violence

Pope Francis highlighted the many ways women are caring for others during the coronavirus pandemic, but he also offered prayers for those facing an increased risk of domestic violence during the lockdowns. At midday on 13th April, after reciting the ‘Regina Coeli’ prayer livestreamed from the library of the Apostolic Palace, Pope Francis turned to... Read More

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April 9, 2020

Pope sets up new commission to study women deacons

Pope Francis has established a new ‘Study Commission on the Female Diaconate’ as a follow-up to a previous group that studied the history of women deacons in the New Testament and the early Christian communities. Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi of Aquila will serve as president of the new commission and Fr Denis Dupont-Fauville, an official of... Read More

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April 1, 2020

Bishop welcomes the release of pregnant women and new mothers from custody as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to spread

The lead Catholic Bishop for Prisons has welcomed the release of pregnant women and new mothers from custody, as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to spread. Writing to the Justice Secretary today Bishop Richard Moth said: ‘I recognise that this will not have been an easy step to take, but with Catholic charities and chaplains working... Read More

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