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And i m quoting here now, many women share some pastoral responsibilities in priests and looking after persons, families and groups. and he also said he opened to see the spaces for a more diffuse and decisive presence in the church expanded. well, what does it mean? senior vatican analyst, john allen s just the man to explain it. he s not saying women priests. let s get that straight, right? absolutely, michael and suzanne. i think in many ways, it is easier to say what this doesn t mean than what it does. pope francis on a variety of different occasions has said that the door to women and priests was closed under john paul ii and will stay shut on his watch. in a recent interview with the italian newspaper, he said also he is not open to the idea of women cardinals. in fact, he said anyone who is calling for a woman cardinal ....
Mother teresa that she become a cardinal. it would require a slight shift in church law, but no church no shift in dogma, no church shift in church doctrine. i think moving to appoint a woman cardinal, several women cardinals, would be a step in the right direction that this new pope could make. i know, brian, you don t agree with that. but the francis has said he s going to be a reformer. and some people say that just means reforming the vatican, which is obviously significant, and i don t mean to imply that it isn t. but when you hear the word reform as someone who is very conservative, what do you want it to mean? i think more than anything else, it means a reform of our hearts. and he s a man who i believe truly lives the gospel. he takes a bus to work. he lives in a simple apartment. and i think he is someone who really incarnates the full gospel of jesus. and i think as he does that, he ll be able to touch people s ....
The missionaries of charity, the sisters of mother teresa of cal cut de. and at one point, pope john paul is said to have proposed to mother teresa that she become a cardinal. it would require a slight shift in church law, but no church no shift in dogma, no church shift in church doctrine. i think moving to appoint a woman cardinal, several women cardinals, would be a step in the right direction that this new pope could make. i know, brian, you don t agree with that. but the francis has said he s going to be a reformer. and some people say that just means reforming the vatican, which is obviously significant, and i don t mean to imply that it isn t. but when you hear the word reform as someone who is very conservative, what do you want it to mean? i think more than anything else, it means a reform of our hearts. and he s a man who i believe truly lives the gospel. he takes a bus to work. he lives in a simple apartment. and i think he is someone who really incarnates the full ....
Cardinal. it would require a slight shift in church law, but no church no shift in dogma, no church shift in church doctrine. i think moving to appoint a woman cardinal, several women cardinals, would be a step in the right direction that this new pope could make. i know, brian, you don t agree with that. but the francis has said he s going to be a reformer. and some people say that just means reforming the vatican, which is obviously significant, and i don t mean to imply that it isn t. but when you hear the word reform as someone who is very conservative, what do you want it to mean? i think more than anything else, it means a reform of our hearts. and he s a man who i believe truly lives the gospel. he takes a bus to work. he lives in a simple apartment. and i think he is someone who really incarnates the full gospel of jesus. and i think as he does that, he ll be able to touch people s hearts. and that s why i m looking forward to it. thanks very much to all three of yo ....