How Love burns through the Putting in the Seed / On through the watching for that early birth
When, just as the soil tarnishes with weed, / The sturdy seedling with arched body comes / Shouldering its ways and shedding the earth crumbs.

ROBERT FROST, “PUTTING IN THE SEED”
FROM THE PENGUIN BOOK OF ENGLISH VERSE, ED. JOHN HAYWARD (PENGUIN, 1956)

The woman is essential for the church. Mary, a woman, is more important than the bishops. I say this because we must not confuse the function with the dignity. We must therefore investigate further the role of women in the church. We have to work harder to develop a profound theology of the woman. Only by making this step will it be possible to better reflect on their function within the church.