Pope Francis: “Women have a capacity for management and reflection totally different from ours, superior”

Pope Francis highlighted the women’s “managerial and reflective capacity”, hailing their contribution to the Vatican, where he appointed several to high-ranking positions.

“Women have a capacity for management and thinking that is totally different from ours and also, I would say, superior to ours, in another way.“, expressed the Catholic leader.

“We also see it in the Vatican: where we put the women, immediately things change, we move on“, he added, in an interview with Fact Church Worldthe monthly supplement for women from L’Osservatore Romano.

“We see it in everyday life, I have seen it several times passing on the bus, queuing to visit his sons in prison and the women who are there: the woman who never leaves his son, never!Francois reflects.

The Sovereign Pontiff added that “the woman has the ability to have three languages ​​together: that of the mind, that of the heart and that of the hands. And think what you feel, feel what you think and do, do what you feel and think. I’m not saying all women do it, but they have that ability, they do it. that’s great”.

As he assured in the conversation, he still reads the magazine, which was founded 10 years ago. And he assured that the publication does not speak of a “clerical feminism of the Pope”, but that it is “open the door to a reality, to a reflection that goes beyond”.

Since his election to the throne of Peter in 2013, Francis has increased the presence of women in various departments of the Roman Curia in relevant positions.

Pope Francis in July appointed for the first time three women, including a Latin American, members of the Dicastery for Bishops, the department of the Roman Curia responsible for selecting bishops from around the world.

Among other similar appointments, that of the director of the Vatican Museums, Barbara Jatta, who became the first woman to hold this position in December 2016, replacing the famous Antonio Paolucci, stands out.

Also in 2021, he appointed nun Raffaella Petrini as number two of the Governorate of Vatican City.

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