Women are not treated with equal dignity by the Catholic Church because they are deemed unfitted for priesthood, high office and decision-making, SIMPLY ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR GENDER. How can the Church expect to be taken seriously when it continues to officially endorse exclusion of women in this way? It prevents the Church from being a shining light of truth and justice to give hope to all those women still being brutalised, abused and ignored in many cultural settings across the world. We as Catholic Church should show the way in this, fully open to women’s vocations to serve, and not be lagging behind; Jesus would not want this.

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