Pope Francis confirms church ‘masculinity’ is a sin

Pope Francis assured today that “one of the great sins” is the “masculinization of the Church” and invited the Church to “demasculinize” it, starting from theology, by giving more space to more female theologians before members of the Commission for International Theology.

Pope Francis, who is recovering from the flu that causes lung inflammation, did not read from a prepared speech because his voice was weak, but he said some words off the cuff.

“Forgive me, I have said too much and it does me no good,” the pope said, reading from his prepared text. “How about I, it’s better not to read it. I’ll give it to you,” he explained.

“If we don’t know how to understand what women’s theology is, we’ll never know how to understand what the church is.”Francis told attendees, urging more space for female theologians.

“I don’t like you a little, please forgive my sincerity. One, two, three, four women: poor women! They are alone! Oh, sorry, five. We must move on in this!” Women’s capacity for theological reflection is different from men’s.Because there were fewer women in the audience, the pope said.

He also announced that at the next meeting of the Council of Cardinals they will reflect on “the female dimension of the Church” because “this cannot be solved by giving women more ministry, that is another matter. This is It can be solved using the mysterious way and the royal way.”

Francis was referring to a request made at the October synod to give women new ministries that so far have been exclusively for men, but which, according to the pope, must go beyond that .

“Thank God, the disease he suffered was not pneumonia” but “a very acute form of infectious bronchitis,” Pope Francis said today during an audience with seminar participants, although he no longer has a fever and continues to take antibiotics Heal is speaking to a Vatican audience today about “The Ethics of Health Management.”

He also explained today why doctors advised him not to travel to Dubai for the COP 28 climate summit: “The reason is it’s very hot out there and you switch from heating to air conditioning. In this bronchial condition, that’s not convenient.”

“Yes, thank you. As you can see, I am alive. The doctors did not let me go to Dubai (…) Thank God, this is not pneumonia. “This is a very acute infectious bronchitis,” the Pope clarified one morning The pope, he said, maintained his entire agenda, although he preferred not to read the speech for fear of being too tired.

he promises He no longer has a fever and continues to be cured with antibiotics.

“The Pope’s condition is stable and he does not have a fever, but Lung distension The Vatican confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday after the pope gave an audience to thousands of faithful in the Paul V Hall.

“Health has the opposite side, which is strength and vulnerability. How healthy he is, how strong he is, how strong he is, but he is also fragile. Poor health leads to vulnerability. I really like preventive medicine because it prevents events before they happen.

” the pope told seminar participants.

He added: “I appreciate what they are doing. Not only looking for medical, pharmacological solutions, but also valuing health, that is, thinking about the benefits of health. And how to preserve this beauty. Not only to heal, but to preserve. This It’s your job, thank you for coming.”

“Forgive me for not being able to say more, but I don’t have the courage. So all I want to do is greet them,” the pope added in the morning before an audience of seven.

(Information from EFE)