Pope names women to bishops advisory committee for first time

Vatican names 3 women to office that vets bishop nominations

Pope Francis on Wednesday named three women to serve as members of the Vatican office that vets bishop nominations, in another first for women to have a say in Catholic Church governance.

Pope names women to bishops advisory committee for first time

By Philip Pullella(Reuters) – Pope Francis has named three women, two nuns and a lay woman, to a previously all-male committee that advises him in selecting the world’s bishops, the Vatican said on Wednesday.He had disclosed the decision in an exclusive interview with Reuters earlier this month, explaining he wanted to give women more senior and influential positions in the Holy See.The three women are sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian who is…

Pope Francis names women to bishops advisory committee for first time

Pope Francis has named three women, two nuns and a lay woman, to a previously all-male committee that advises him in selecting the world's bishops, the Vatican said on Wednesday (Jul 13). He had disclosed the decision in an exclusive interview with Reuters earlier this month, explaining he wanted to give w

In first, Pope Francis names three women to dicastery for bishops

Pope Francis named two nuns and a laywoman to the Vatican department that helps choose new bishops, the Holy See said Wednesday, the first time women have

In first, Pope names three women to Dicastery for Bishops

Pope Francis named two nuns and a laywoman to the Vatican department that helps choose new bishops, the Holy See said Wednesday, the first time women have been allowed to serve on the body.

Pope Francis names women to bishops advisory committee for the first time

Italian sister Raffaella Petrini, French sister Yvonne Reungoat and laywoman Maria Lia Zervino will join the previously all-male office, the Vatican said on Wednesday.