UCLouvain staff and students express ‘incomprehension and disapproval’ over pope’s views on role of women
Pope Francis was criticised by students at a Catholic Belgian University shortly after speaking there, over his attitude towards women.Pope Francis was criticised by students at a Catholic Belgian University shortly after speaking there, over his attitude towards women.Pope Francis has been sharply criticised by one of Belgium’s Catholic universities over his stance on the role of women in society, in a strongly worded press release issued just moments after the pontiff spoke at the college.
Francis went to the university on Saturday to celebrate its upcoming 600th anniversary as part of a weekend trip he is making to. His speech largely called for global action on climate change, but he also responded to a letter to him from students and professors that had asked about the Catholic church’s teaching on women.
“A woman within the People of God is a daughter, a sister, a mother,” he said, adding “womanhood speaks to us of fruitful welcome, nurturing and life-giving dedication”.The university statement called the pope’s position on women’s roles in society “deterministic and reductive”. “To reply that the Church is a woman is really missing the point of the question – about the Church’s respect for women and their role in the institution and in society,” he said.
Francis has faced criticism during events throughout his trip to Belgium. The country’s king and prime minister called on the pope to take more concrete actions to help survivors of abuse by Catholic clergy, and a rector at a different Catholic university asked him to reconsiderThe Catholic church has an all-male clergy.
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