Pope Francis Appoints Three Women To Vatican Department That Helps Select Bishops In Catholic Church
The appointment of the three women – nuns Raffaella Petrini and Yvonne Reungoat and laywoman Maria Lia Zervino (an unordained female member of a Church) – is a historic first and comes as Pope Francis seeks to introduce more gender equality in the Church. . However, despite the move, women still face serious challenges entering the Catholic Church and cannot be ordained or become bishops, priests or deacons. The latest decision was welcomed by more liberal members of the Catholic Church, including the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC), which supports the ordination of women as deacons, priests and bishops....