Women leaders, who were part of a delegation to Rome with Catholic Extension, stand at the beginning of a news conference at the Vatican April 27, 2023. Pictured from left to right are: Melva Arbelo; Sister Carol Keehan, a Daughter of Charity; Teresian Sister Clarice Suchy; Sister Norma Pimentel, a member of the Missionaries of Jesus; Sister Fatima Santiago, a member of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary; Sister Marie-Paule Willem, a Franciscan Missionary of Mary; and Jean Fedigan. (CNS
I am usually not one to call for big changes or support radical ideas. If the church has worked this way for 2,000 years, I used to think, who are we to change it now?