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04 December 2021

About Fathers

We are coming to the close of the special Year of St Joseph, on the eve of Christmas, and in the midst of the “Amoris Laetitia Family” year. At this particular crossroads, where -due to tradition and culture- the figure of the mother is predominant, we have decided to dedicate an issue of Women ... PDF

06 November 2021

Saints and Blesseds. Francis’ Choices

The saints are not superhuman, nor are they born perfect. Before reaching the glory of heaven, they were people who lived normal lives, and as Francis said in 2013 at his first All Saints’ Day as pontiff, with their joys and sorrows, and their labors and hopes. So much for that, for this is ... PDF

02 October 2021

CONSECRATED. Lessons in economics and life

In this month’s Women Church World, we address the question of how nuns and sisters make ends meet, how they go about providing for the necessities of daily life, and how they organize themselves to do so. Though the aspects of money, salaries, work, and expenses seem far removed from sacred life, ... PDF

04 September 2021

Believing in two

In the life of the Church, the contribution made by women comes in many shapes and forms, which become evident and exemplary in the concreteness of living experience. Today, their contribution is able to indicate a path for the Church’s regeneration, and more besides. After having recounted the ... PDF

03 July 2021

Rebellious and prophetic

This month we present the “earthquake” women. These are the women who have caused unexpected tremors and challenged the accepted equilibrium of their time, and who have sometimes paid dearly for the price of this ensuing turmoil. There are examples of this in all religions, the Scriptures and ... PDF

29 May 2021

Outside the system: Samaritan women of yesterday and today

In the gospel according to John, a Samaritan woman is the one who argues with Jesus. She is not exactly an exemplary woman, in fact quite unconventional, having had five husbands and now a new man. It is precisely for this reason that Jesus listens to her and begins an intense discussion that leads ... PDF

30 April 2021

Economy and women, a mission possible

We hope that the GDP to come will be female. Let us hope that the new economy, the one that will have to replace the bankrupt and unjust current one, is going to include value and be led by women. Many people hope so. There are many who think that a new female leadership can change things. As Sister ... PDF

03 April 2021

Life, death, life after death

With the Covid-19 pandemic, a constant relationship with death has returned to us. The great repression. Contemporaneously, the virus has changed, and has denied us two moments that are considered exclusively human and of civility namely accompaniment and funeral rites. In fact, there is an ... PDF

06 March 2021

Without fear

We must not be afraid to give space to women, argues Francis. These words strike us, and lead us to reopen a reflection. Has there ever been, and is there still a fear of women in the Church? Surely, Jesus was not afraid of women, for his life was marked by encounters with various female figures, ... PDF

06 February 2021

If it is women who teach God

The educational emergency as identified by Benedict XVI and Pope Francis’ global educational pact demonstrate the indisputability of the enormous problem with instruction. This issue cannot be addressed without questioning the framework within which we operate for that is one of the reasons that has ... PDF