PARIS (FRANCE)
La Croix International
February 14, 2019
The Catholic Church should overcome its unwillingness to embrace woman and the marginalized, according to Ireland’s Minister for Culture, Heritage and Gaeltacht Irish speaking regions, Josepha Madigan.
“For many, the revelations of sexual and physical abuse scandals, and the denigration of marginalized people within the Church has shaken their faith and sense of belonging to its core,” she said, The Irish Times reported.
The minister, at a Feb. 13 Dublin meeting on why all ministries should be open to women, added that Catholics had a responsibility to speak up for values they expect the church to uphold.The Irish Times reported that Madigan noted that Protestant churches in Ireland have more than 400 women as ordained members of the clergy.”Nobody finds this unusual because in those church communities it is considered quite the norm,” she said.
“Why can’t the Catholic Church be the same? More often than not, it is women who are holding parishes together, doing the lion’s share of the work.”
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