VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said in a document released Tuesday that women have"legitimate claims" to seek more equality in the Catholic Church, but he stopped short of endorsing recent calls from his own bishops to give women leadership roles.
In the new document reflecting at length on the October meeting, Francis did not echo that sweeping conclusion. Instead, he wrote that a church that listens to young people must be attentive to women's"legitimate claims" for equality and justice, as well as better train both men and women with leadership potential.
Francis' new document, a 299-paragraph booklet entitled"Christ is Alive," covers a wide range of issues confronting young people today. In it, he notes that many feel alienated from the church because of its sexual and financial scandals, and are suffering themselves from untold forms of exploitation, conflict and despair.
Asked if that message wasn't putting young people in potentially dangerous positions with potential predators, another synod organizer, Monsignor Fabio Fabene, said it was the contrary.
The old support it in theory but not in practice routine. Typical.
Gonna ride that ancient misogynistic taboo kite to the ground. Oh well, the church will survive with fewer churches, fewer members, an obscure artifact of history. If the Catholic Church is truly Universal why is it selective in which traditions it retains ?
Could they do any worse then the pedafile priests! ..... no!
I sent him a letter when he first became Pope, asking him to give women a voice in the church. Guess I have my answer.
I’m sorry but we’ve proven that women are just as capable as men. Why did his opinion “stop short”? Maybe because there’s just no justification any longer for this type of thinking...
'Stops short of...' is a description of the Catholic Church.🙄
I have some good news Pope Francis. I have discovered what created all these religious stories? Them!
Pontifex how do people learn about the on going pedophilia in the churches but still support it. Who are you for women?children? Wait women definitely women.
Old habits die hard.....HABITS! Get it? Accidental humor😁
He loves communist.
Spoken like a politician!
Religion a women hating org. always...Last women in religion, see your psych...It was based on women submission... No matter the religion... atheism
My mom’s cousin was a nun who said mass in remote areas of the world. I always thought that was rad. But it shouldnt be rad - it should be normal. The Catholic Church - as an institution - has got ta fuckin go. The leaders are too fundamentally corrupted to save it.
I wish I knew who he prays to because I would tell them to send the pope a message or sign in support of married priests, married nuns, and gender equality.
Only you can create the equality that was always there yet not recognized.
How bout the Virgin Mary?
It's a Brotherhood, people! Not a Sisterhood.
St. Paul agrees.
He had to say Something even if it means nothing
Why the big speech if it just all talk.🤦🏽♂️🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
He likes boys not girls
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