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 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.

Vatican names 3 women to office that vets bishop nominations - WNKY News 40 Television

Pope Francis has named three women to serve as members of the Vatican office that vets bishop nominations. It's the first time women have served as members of Dicastery for Bishops which oversees the work of most of the church’s 5,300 bishops. The pope still makes the final call on appointing bishops. But the addition of women into the consultation process is nevertheless significant. Women have often complained they have a second-class status i…