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Women in the Catholic Church: An unresolved issue

“Suddenly we realized that we had our own thoughts, our own voice,” assures Colombian theologian Isabel Corpas de Posada. Interview by José Zepeda for democraciaAbierta.

Women in the Catholic Church: An unresolved issue
Pope Francis during of a weekly general audience in the San Damaso's courtyard in Vatican, Wednesday.September 30, 2020 | Photo by Stefano Spazian /DPA/ PA Images
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This article emerges from two complementary thoughts. The first is essential when reading the pronouncement of some Mexican Catholic female theologians, published on March 9, 2020, in which they join the national women’s strike:

"To denounce the Kyriocentric hierarchical patriarchy that has appropriated the sacred, the spiritual and leadership under the pretext of a more ‘Christlike’ corporeality, and has denied women recognition of ordained ministries. Because the church has not been a safe place for women, and many have been victims of sexual predators, abuse, threats and harassment by leaders, priests, theologians, and laymen who have participated in these violations against women".

The second thought is present to correct an omission surely derived from sexist resonances. Over the years, the author has interviewed approximately 15 male theologians and zero female theologians. I hope that the recognition of this clumsiness is the beginning of a more just and balanced approach.