Marking International Women’s Day on March 8 is a good moment to reflect again on the history of women within the Church and to imagine a different future. I recently came across the story of St Mary of Egypt, who ran away from her home to Alexandria at the age of 12, spending the next…
Women in the Church on International Women’s Day
Sts Edith Stein, Teresa of Ávila, Thérèse of Lisieux and Catherine of Siena are represented in stained glass at St Thérèse of Lisieux Church in Montauk, NY. The Catholic Church needs women saints, Pope Francis said in a message to a conference in Rome on “Women Doctors of the Church and Co-Patronesses of Europe.” Photo: CNS /Gregory A. Shemitz, Long Island Catholic.