Women: Protagonists in a Synodal Church?
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The presence of women at the recently concluded Synod of Bishops and its renewed attention to their participation in the life of the church marks the reopening of a conversation that has languished for decades. This essay examines the Synod’s reflections on contemporary Catholic women’s experience against the horizon of their role in the Second Vatican Council, the council’s teaching, and its reception. Today no less than sixty years ago, women ask to be recognized as equal members of the baptized Christian faithful, genuine protagonists in the life and mission of the Church.
Source: Journal of Moral Theology
DOI: 10.55476/001c.161529
Author: Catherine E. Clifford
Institution: Saint Paul University
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Gender equality
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7159764682