27 February 2014, The Tablet

Women at the top


 
Pope Francis has shown he can use bold and imaginative gestures, as well as provocative words, to build a new hope that some entrenched positions and vested interests at the heart of the Church may be about to change. One of his expressed intentions is to find ways in which the insights and opinions of women might be more clearly heard at the highest levels. It would be a simple and bold step for him to invite two women (perhaps one married, and one a Religious sister) to join his new team of e
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