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Mar 7, 2024 · "The Church needs to keep this in mind, because the Church is herself a woman: a daughter, a bride, and a mother," said the Pope. He highlighted the significance of recognising and valuing women's contributions within the people of God, and he called for unity, discernment, and collaboration to achieve this goal.
The Catholic Church has influenced the status of women in various ways: condemning abortion, divorce, incest, polygamy, and counting the marital infidelity of men as equally sinful to that of women. [2][3][4] The church holds abortion and contraception to be sinful, recommending only natural birth control methods. [5]
3 days ago · In 1879 Pope Leo XIII declared Thomas Aquinas the official theologian of the Catholic Church in his encyclical Aeterni patris, thus approving Thomas' use of Aristotle for Catholic theology. While Aristotle's philosophy was officially sanctioned in the 19th century, his ideas were influential on the formation of church doctrine.
Feb 8, 2024 · VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The importance of women in the Catholic Church cannot be "reduced" to the question of ministry, Pope Francis told members of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Pope Francis made his remarks Feb. 8 in the context of explaining how every attempt at church reform, like the Second Vatican ...
2 days ago · “The laity are not in last place. No. The laity are not a kind of external collaborator or the clergy’s ‘auxiliary troops.’ No! They have their own charisms and gifts with which to contribute to the mission of the church,” the pope said Nov. 20 at his general audience in St. Peter’s Square.
Feb 12, 2021 · While much progress still lies ahead, Sister Nathalie Becquart’s appointment as an undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops marks an inflection point for women’s leadership in the Catholic Church.
Oct 27, 2024 · The final Synod assembly document, approved by Pope Francis, said women must be given all the opportunities that church law provides to act as leaders, but left the possibility of ordaining women ...
