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Female Anglican ‘bishop’ addresses Pope Francis and cardinal advisers on ‘role of women in Church’Catholics ‘couldn’t have a stronger signal that Bergoglio is planning the faux ordination of women deacons, with a trajectory towards the faux ordination of women priests and bishops,’ Deacon Nick Donnelly wrote.Jo Bailey Wells, an Anglican ‘bishop’VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — A female Anglican prelate gave a speech to Pope Francis and his Council of Cardinals on Monday as part of the group’s discussions on the “role of women in the Church.”On February 5, the Vatican released images and sparse details about the current Council of Cardinals...

German Catholicism falls victim to one-woman rule. She demands Synodal Path decisions be implemented in every German Diocese no matter what the Bishop thinks.Totalitarian demands that Synodal Path decisions be implemented in every German diocese no matter what the Bishop thinksThe Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK) began its two-day plenary assembly in Munich on Friday. In her report, ZdK President Irme Stetter-Karp expressed "anger" at the recent reactions of some bishops and cardinals of the Curia to the decisions of the German reform dialogue Synodal Way, such as the rejection from Rome of a baptismal mandate for lay people....

Synodality is working: Women getting a vote at the Vatican is the latest proofXavière Missionary Sister Nathalie Becquart, undersecretary of the synod, speaks to reporters at a news conference at the Vatican April 20, 2023In his last interview shortly before he died in 2012, Cardinal Carlo Martini of Milan observed that “the church is 200 years out of date.” Last week, the Vatican’s synod office announced that non-bishop participants at a synod, including lay women and men, will have voting rights for the first time. In this case, the church was only 10 years late.Many Catholics like myself who have...

Pope’s pick says ‘clericalist mindset is changing’Sr Nathalie Becquart (CNS/Paul Haring)A French sister who could be the first woman to cast a vote in the Synod of Bishops says her appointment as an undersecretary is evidence the “clericalist mindset is changing”. Source: Crux.Sr Nathalie Becquart told journalists on Wednesday that Pope Francis has been underlining the importance of including women in the decision-making processes, helping move the Church from a clericalist attitude towards a more synodal one.“How can we somehow end with a clerical Church, where there have been abuses, of power and other kind of abuses,” she asked, during...

Sr Nathalie Becquart: "a sign of confidence for women in the Church"Sister Nathalie Becquart reacts to her appointment as an Under-secretary of the Synod of Bishops.By Vatican News staff reporterSr Nathalie Becquart, who was appointed by Pope Francis on Saturday as one of two Under-Secretaries to the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops, has spoken of her delight, saying it is a call to “serve the Universal Church”.The French woman religious also told Vatican News’ Marine Henriot, that she felt as if she is on the “edge of a new adventure with many things to discover”.Describing her mission as...

[Catholic Caucus] The day Anne Soupa decided, "I want to become a bishop"Just a family joke at first, a French female theologian's declared candidacy to become Archbishop of Lyon has furthered debate on the place of women in Church governance Anne Soupa remembers it like yesterday.It was May 21, 2020, a day promised to be happy and peaceful. The first coronavirus lockdown in France had been lifted only ten days earlier and the spring weather on this Ascension Thursday made the Alpine peaks shine.In the family chalet, everyone was getting restless.Anne, who is a Catholic theologian, and her husband had...