Pope Francis. ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP
Pope Francis sharply criticized the “sexist and dictatorial attitudes” of some priests during a session of the ongoing synod on the future of the church.
Surprise: On Wednesday evening, during a session of the current Synod on the future of the Church, Pope Francis improvised in Spanish before the four hundred participants and experts who had gathered until Sunday and for a month to reflect on the future challenges of the Catholic Church.
While this synod seeks to give more space to women, especially in decision-making, the Pope praised the role of women, who are often at the source of the transmission of the faith: “We, the members of the hierarchy” (…), “we have generally received .” the faith of our mothers and grandmothers. » Add: “I would like to emphasize that the faith is transmitted among the faithful and holy people of God in the dialect and in general in the female dialect.”
And Francis explains: “Not only because the Church is mother, but because women best reflect the face of the Church, the Church is a woman.” Women are patient, they know how to discover the resources of the Church. There…
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