{"id":15302,"date":"2014-03-06T08:45:26","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T08:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am?p=15302"},"modified":"2014-03-06T08:45:26","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T08:45:26","slug":"%d5%be%d5%a1%d5%bf%d5%ab%d5%af%d5%a1%d5%b6%d5%a8-%d5%ba%d5%a1%d5%bf%d6%80%d5%a1%d5%bd%d5%bf%d5%be%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%b4-%d5%a7-%d5%a6%d5%a3%d5%a1%d5%ac%d5%ab%d5%b8%d6%80%d5%a5%d5%b6-%d6%83%d5%b8%d5%ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/%d5%be%d5%a1%d5%bf%d5%ab%d5%af%d5%a1%d5%b6%d5%a8-%d5%ba%d5%a1%d5%bf%d6%80%d5%a1%d5%bd%d5%bf%d5%be%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%b4-%d5%a7-%d5%a6%d5%a3%d5%a1%d5%ac%d5%ab%d5%b8%d6%80%d5%a5%d5%b6-%d6%83%d5%b8%d5%ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Women Could Have Greater Role in Church, Says Pope"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"The Vatican could soon make significant changes to the role of women in the Catholic Church and to its approach to divorc\u00e9es, Pope Francis said in a newspaper interview.<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

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In an interview granted to two newspapers, Corriere della Sera in Italy and La Nacion in Argentina, the pope said that women could have greater decision-making power in the church’s hierarchy.<\/p>\n

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Some Vatican experts have raised the possibility of the pope appointing women to senior positions in the Vatican bureaucracy, perhaps as the head of one of its powerful departments.<\/p>\n

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But the pope suggested even bigger changes could be in store, with a senior cardinal now consulting female experts in considering possible options.<\/p>\n

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“Women must have a greater presence in the decision-making areas of the church,” he said. “But I would call this a ‘functional’ promotion. That won’t take us very far.”<\/p>\n

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Some church leaders advocate making women deacons, ordained ministers who can assist at Mass or perform baptisms, although the pope made no reference to such a possibility.<\/p>\n

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Read more: \u00a0The Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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