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Instead, Francis held up as a model the 18th century Argentine laywoman lovingly known as Mama Antula, who ministered to the poor and helped keep Jesuit spirituality alive in Argentina after the religious order, to which the pope belongs, was suppressed.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
Around 400 Catholic bishops, priests, laymen and laywomen, and vowed religious from around the world joined Pope Francis for three weeks of prayer, dialogue, and listening.
—Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 9 Nov. 2023
The Vatican said on Wednesday that the next meeting of the Synod of Bishops, scheduled for this October at the Vatican, will include at least 40 women voters, including members of religious orders as well as laywomen.
—Francis X. Rocca, wsj.com, 26 Apr. 2023
The decision to name the three women — two nuns and a laywoman — as members of the Congregation for Bishops will put them in position to influence the selection of the 5,300 bishops who lead dioceses and play a prominent role in the church’s interaction with the faithful all over the world.
—New York Times, 13 July 2022
The three women—two nuns and a laywoman—will serve five-year terms and have a hand in the selection of more than 5,300 bishops worldwide.
—Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 15 July 2022
The council summoned between 2,000 and 2,500 bishops and thousands of observers, auditors, sisters, laymen, and laywomen to four sessions at St. Peter’s Basilica over three years—an unprecedented level of openness driven by clear reformist zeal.
—Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic, 25 June 2019
The main events at this week’s meeting are a series of speeches by six bishops, two laywomen and a nun on various aspects of abuse and its remedies, interspersed with closed-door discussions in small groups organized by language.
—Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2019
Not a bishop, not a priest — a laywoman, a former slave.
—Meagan Flynn, ajc, 4 June 2018
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
Around 400 Catholic bishops, priests, laymen and laywomen, and vowed religious from around the world joined Pope Francis for three weeks of prayer, dialogue, and listening.
—Heather Wilhelm, National Review, 9 Nov. 2023
The Vatican said on Wednesday that the next meeting of the Synod of Bishops, scheduled for this October at the Vatican, will include at least 40 women voters, including members of religious orders as well as laywomen.
—Francis X. Rocca, wsj.com, 26 Apr. 2023
The decision to name the three women — two nuns and a laywoman — as members of the Congregation for Bishops will put them in position to influence the selection of the 5,300 bishops who lead dioceses and play a prominent role in the church’s interaction with the faithful all over the world.
—New York Times, 13 July 2022
The three women—two nuns and a laywoman—will serve five-year terms and have a hand in the selection of more than 5,300 bishops worldwide.
—Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 15 July 2022
The council summoned between 2,000 and 2,500 bishops and thousands of observers, auditors, sisters, laymen, and laywomen to four sessions at St. Peter’s Basilica over three years—an unprecedented level of openness driven by clear reformist zeal.
—Andre Pagliarini, The New Republic, 25 June 2019
The main events at this week’s meeting are a series of speeches by six bishops, two laywomen and a nun on various aspects of abuse and its remedies, interspersed with closed-door discussions in small groups organized by language.
—Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2019
Not a bishop, not a priest — a laywoman, a former slave.
—Meagan Flynn, ajc, 4 June 2018
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“Laywoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laywoman. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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