“It does raise the question of the role of women within the institutional Church, already firmly on the Synod agenda. Once, we were forbidden to talk about the ordination of women and now we are obliged! ”
“Where might we find some precedents, or at least some ancient analogy that could provide a vision for illuminating theologically a reform of the Roman Curia that would go beyond mere legal changes and a bureaucratic restructuring?”
“On the occasion of the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Pope Francis promulgated a document by which he recognized the possibility for women to exercise the instituted ministries of lector and acolyte. It is well known that earlier legislation, established by Paul VI with a similar measure,”
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Learning from the women of St Paul
Collaborators of the Apostles and the Reform of the Roman Curia - LA CIVILTÀ CATTOLICA
The Ministry of Women in the Liturgy: ‘Sound Tradition’ and ‘Legitimate Progress’ - LA CIVILTÀ CATTOLICA
