ROME
Vatican Radio
(Vatican Radio) Nuns, a plastic surgeon, an actress, a mother and daughter, women in the workforce and in the killing fields of Syria. These are just some of the women who took part in an event organized in Rome by the Pontifical Council for Culture to kick off its plenary assembly February 4-7.
Tracey McClure was there and filed this report:
The focus of this year’s plenary is “Women’s Cultures: Equality and Difference.” Council members will be discussing among other themes, the social and cultural pressures facing women today, the rising numbers of women leaving the Church and violence against women.
Wednesday afternoon’s gala event in Rome’s Teatro Argentina included video clips sent by women from around the world. They were responding to the Pontifical Council for Culture’s President Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi’s call for input ahead of the plenary to jumpstart a conversation about the “Life of Women”.
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