Cardinal calls for more women into Catholic church hierarchy

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VATICAN CITY – The Catholic Church should have more women at all levels of administration, according to a senior cardinal who is close to Pope Francis.

I think women should be present at all levels, even in positions of full responsibility.

“I think women should be present at all levels, even in positions of full responsibility,” German cardinal Walter Kasper told the newspaper of Italian bishops Avvenire.

“A Church with no women is like a mutilated body,” he added.

Last month Francis asked Kasper, who is a respected theologian, to give the introductory lecture at a meeting of cardinals that debated controversial family issues, such as the role of women in the church and its approach towards divorcees.

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