Denied full participation, Catholic women mobilise for change

BOSTON (MA)
The Conversation

March 5, 2020

By Kathleen McPhillips and Tracy McEwan

Women still make up the majority of the Catholic workforce and Catholic congregations, but their participation in church life is in decline.

Indeed, each generation of Catholic women in Australia is less likely than the previous one to attend church and participate in parish life.

There are a number of reasons for this decline, one of which is a continued lack of action by church leadership in including women in agenda-setting and decision-making processes in church life.

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