{"id":62615,"date":"2023-11-14T13:19:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T12:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/?p=62615"},"modified":"2023-11-16T11:52:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T10:52:45","slug":"vatican-confidential-what-exactly-did-the-synod-say-about-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2023\/11\/14\/vatican-confidential-what-exactly-did-the-synod-say-about-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Vatican Confidential: What exactly did the Synod say about women?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cIt is urgent to guarantee that women can participate in decision-making processes and take on roles of responsibility in pastoral care and ministry.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s a direct quote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It comes from the document published at the end of the recent month-long Synod of Bishops held here in the Vatican. It also speaks for itself in terms of highlighting the importance the Synod gave to this topic: the \u201curgent\u201d need to promote women in leadership roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyone familiar with the Vatican already knows how Pope Francis has been setting the example by often appointing women to important positions of responsibility in various Vatican departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyone still hesitant about following suit might want to read the Synod document which strongly suggests that \u201cthe same should happen at other levels of the life of the Church\u201d, and that \u201cCanon Law must be adapted accordingly\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s another direct quote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reality is that, around the world, many Catholic religious organizations and lay movements are already benefiting from women\u2019s leadership skills and talents. For example, the statute of the Focolare Movement, founded by Chiara Lubich, requires that their President always be a woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the novelties that emerged from the Synod discussions, and even found its way into the concluding document, is the need to stop considering women and their role in the Church as (quote) \u201can issue or a problem\u201d to resolve. A more appropriate and inclusive approach, according to the text, is to imagine a Church \u201cin which men and women\u2026 appear together as protagonists, without subordination, exclusion, or competition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That goes for nuns and women religious as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several participants at the Synod said it was time to address the way women religious are sometimes treated like \u201ccheap labor\u201d. Instead, they suggested encouraging women to contribute their knowledge and experience as teachers in formation programs, especially in seminaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discussions concerning the issue of women deacons were a little more divided. The Synod document states simply that pastoral and theological studies into the possibility of a female diaconate (quote) \u201cshould continue\u201d. It\u2019s understood that such studies would build on the research already conducted by two papal commissions set up precisely for this purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, as we await the conclusive phase of the Synod next October, we are all invited to continue reflecting on how to strengthen a Church where men and women dialogue together: \u201cwith the aim of better understanding the depth of God\u2019s plan.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that too is a direct quote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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