<div class="at-above-post addthis tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/pope-francis-appoints-more/"></div>VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis has appointed two women to Vatican posts previously held only by men, in back-to-back moves giving women more empowerment in the male-dominated Holy See. He appointed Nathalie Becquart, a French member of the Xaviere Missionary Sisters, on Saturday as co-undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops, a department that prepares […]<! AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get the excerpt ><! AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get the excerpt ><div class="at-below-post addthis tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/pope-francis-appoints-more/"
Pope Francis this weekend appointed two women to posts that have previously only been held by men.Reuters reports that the pope appointed Nathalie Becquart, 52, as co-undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops on Saturday. Becquart, a French member of the Xaviere Missionary Sisters, will now be a part of the department that handles major meetings between world bishops that take place every few years.Becquart's new position will give her the power.
By meeting Cupich, Pope Francis masters speaking without words
Jan 31, 2021 editor
Pope Francis shakes hands with Chicago Archbishop Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, as he arrives for the third day of a Vatican s conference on dealing with sex abuse by priests, at the Vatican, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)
Over the centuries, popes have always found plenty of ways to speak without using words, especially when words might be inconvenient or hard to take back.
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ROME – St. Francis of Assisi supposedly said, “Preach always, and, when necessary, use words.” In all honesty, there’s no evidence St. Francis ever said anything like that – but even so, it’s a piece of advice popes long have taken to heart.
Both Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI have received the first dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 after the Vatican started vaccinating its employees and residents Jan. 13.
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