Letter from Rome: Catholic women still relegated to second class
Musings on the pope's 'motu proprio' on female readers and altar servers
A laywoman reads at Mass in the Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican in February 2020. (Photo: Vatican News)
"Holy Mother Church, ever deepening her contemplation and understanding of the mysteries of human salvation over the long course of history, has always taught in various, though sometimes veiled ways, that the Blessed Virgin Mary, Holy Mother of God, was the first human being, through the power of the Holy Spirit, to make her Son and our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, really and truly present to those who would become His disciples, during His earthly life and throughout all ages until the end of time."