Il Messaggero: Ratzinger, le forti critiche dell’associazione femminile WOC: soffocato il diritto delle donne a diventare pretiIl Messaggero
Vatican City – “His relentless quest to stifle the female ordination movement revealed a man unwilling or unable to engage with the urgent needs of the Church today.” The counter-current comment of the powerful female network that has been fighting for the priesthood of women in the Church for years recalls the “negative” role played by Pope Ratzinger first as cardinal prefect of the Congregation for the doctrine of the faith and then as pontiff.
The Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) in a statement lets it be known that it joins Catholics from all over the world “to mourn the death of Pope Benedict XVI. His lifelong devotion to the Roman Catholic Church led him to offer a profound example of humility and a willingness to overthrow tradition by stepping down from the papacy in 2013. However, as head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office for decades and as Pope, orchestrated a harsh theological suppression campaign on the issue of women’s ordination, creating a culture of fear and pain within the Church”.