Sexual Morality Archives - Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research https://www.wijngaardsinstitute.com/tag/sexual-morality/ Promoting Gender Equality, Sexual Ethics, and Lay Decision-Making in the Catholic Church Sun, 08 Nov 2020 17:52:51 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 Pope Francis on women leaders in the Church https://www.wijngaardsinstitute.com/pope-francis-on-women-leaders-in-the-church/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pope-francis-on-women-leaders-in-the-church Sat, 10 Oct 2020 10:49:14 +0000 https://www.wijngaardsinstitute.com/?p=4719 The Pope on women leaders in the Church 10 October 2020 The Pope wants women to have more leadership in the Church, but he restricts this to ‘lay’ functions such as administration, pastoral care. It is totally inadequate. When Jesus gave leadership to his Apostles, he gave spiritual power: to proclaim the message, baptise, forgive …

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The Pope wants women to have more leadership in the Church, but he restricts this to ‘lay’ functions such as administration, pastoral care. It is totally inadequate. When Jesus gave leadership to his Apostles, he gave spiritual power: to proclaim the message, baptise, forgive sins, preside at the Eucharist. Moreover, Church Law gives all real decision-making authority to ordained ministers.

See him on  a video presentation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyeKkYnJnKA&feature=youtu.be

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