In his document on family life,Amoris Laetitia, the pope appears more progressive than we might have thought – but as long as he is head of the Catholic church, and he can only move so far
Amoris Laetitia (The delight of worship),a 256-page document penned by Pope Francis and released last week, contains unexpectedly nuanced discussion of issues like gender stereotypes, and domestic abuse and other forms of violence against women. So is the pope a feminist? Well,it’s complicated.
It’s a question that’s been asked on numerous occasions, but the document (which includes quotes from bishops’ meetings and from devout and other texts) explicitly discusses feminism twice. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com