How do women in Church leadership feel? - The Southern Cross

How do women in Church leadership feel? - The Southern Cross

SAN DIEGO — What role should women play in Church leadership? That question was explored in detail in a 48-page report produced by the Women’s Advisory Committee, a 15-member diocesan task force appointed by Cardinal Robert W. McElroy and co-chaired by diocesan Chancellor Marioly Galván and University of San Diego President Emerita Mary Lyons, Ph.D. “Catholic Women in Leadership Study: Final Report” was written by Maureen Day, Ph.D., a research …

A French feminist organization of Catholic women has held a nationwide strike during Lent, hoping that the clergy will finally recognize their centuries-old key role in the functioning of the church and that they will slowly achieve equality between men and women in the church hierarchy.