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Women’s formal involvement in bishops’ synods has grown slowly over the decades. Even when they were excluded, Catholic women found ways to learn about proceedings – and weigh in, often critically.
He will have a joyful welcome but a difficult task - to challenge negative values while enabling a more African Catholic church.
A substantial majority were concerned about the prevalence of abuse, racism, and sexism in church contexts, and many raised issues relating to transparency and accountability.
Did Pope Joan exist? Probably not. But the legend had important resonances for the Catholic Church.
Abortion support is high in Argentina, even among Catholics. That puts the church, which opposes an abortion bill up for vote on August 8, in the awkward position of fighting a law its members demand.
The pope’s action is significant: It encourages priests to be more sensitive to the context of the lives of their laity.
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Religion and Society Professor, Universidad de Buenos Aires
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Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Religion and Politics, Director of the Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics, University of St Andrews
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History Fellow, Australian Catholic University; University of Newcastle
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Professor of History, University of South Carolina
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Programme Director, The Europaeum, University of Oxford
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MSCA research fellow, KU Leuven