“I like to think that if women could enjoy full equality of opportunity, they could contribute substantially to the necessary change towards a world of peace, inclusion, solidarity and integral sustainability,” Pope Francis said. READ:
Francis has condemned discrimination against women in the past but, like his predecessors, he has ruled out a female clergy. The Catholic Church teaches that only men can become priests because Jesus chose men as his apostles.
“They are more attentive to protecting the environment, their gaze is not turned to the past but to the future,” he said. He said women need to get equal remuneration with men for equal roles and described ongoing pay gaps as “a serious injustice.”
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