{"id":21209,"date":"2013-03-03T15:11:40","date_gmt":"2013-03-03T20:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=21209"},"modified":"2016-09-30T16:59:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T20:59:40","slug":"cardinal-sandri-women-must-have-a-more-important-role-in-the-life-of-the-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/03\/cardinal-sandri-women-must-have-a-more-important-role-in-the-life-of-the-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinal Sandri: “Women must have a more important role in the life of the Church”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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One of the cardinals often being mentioned for pope granted an exclusive interview to Reuters<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0recently, and shared his thoughts about the future of the Church:<\/p>\n

The Roman Catholic Church must open itself up to women in the next pontificate, giving them more leadership positions in the Vatican and beyond, according to a senior cardinal who will be influential in electing the next pope.<\/p>\n

In an exclusive interview with Reuters, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, 69, an Argentine, also said the next pope should not be chosen according to a geographic area but must be a \u201csaintly man\u201d qualified to lead the Church in a time of crisis.<\/p>\n

He said one of the greatest challenges facing the Church was trying to win back those suffering from a \u201closs of faith\u201d who had \u201cturned their back on God\u201d and the Church of their fathers.<\/p>\n

Sandri, an experienced diplomat and past number two in the Vatican bureaucracy, is expected to wield great influence in the choice of the man to succeed Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe role of women in the world has increased and this is something the Church has to ask itself about,\u201d Sandri said in his office just outside St Peter\u2019s Square where he heads the Vatican department for Eastern Catholic Churches.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey must have a much more important role in the life of the Church \u2026 so that they can contribute to Church life in so many areas which are now, in part, open only to men \u2026 This will be a challenge for us in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n

At present women, most of them nuns, can only reach the position of under-secretary in Vatican departments, the number three post after president and secretary, which so far have been held by ordained men. Currently only two women are under-secretaries, one a nun and one a lay woman.<\/p>\n

Sandri, a son of Italian immigrants who has been mentioned as a papal candidate, said it was \u201conly right\u201d that women should have more key positions in the Vatican administration \u201cwhere they can make a very important contribution because of their qualifications\u201d.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cBut they must also be co-participants in the dialogue and the analysis of the life of the Church and in (other) areas, even in the formation of priests, where they can play a very, very important role.\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026He listed the qualities a pope should have as:<\/p>\n

\u2013 \u201cA pope who has a certain vigor, a physical resistance, a capacity to carry out all the commitments of the papacy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013 \u201cA great ability to communicate, a gift to be able to\u00a0express<\/a>\u00a0to others that the pope is a representative of God and the vicar of Christ but is also a human being who smiles, who shakes hands, who embraces people, who reaches out to people and is close to all those to approach him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013 \u201cHe should also be one who knows how to govern, not only from personal experience but who will also surround himself with people who can help him do this.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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