Religion News Service: Vatican Synod on Synodality signals hope for women’s ordination advocates

Religion News Service: Vatican Synod on Synodality signals hope for women’s ordination advocates

By Claire Giangravé

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Advocates for the ordination of women to the priesthood flocked to Rome this week as the Vatican hosts a historic monthlong gathering of faithful to discuss the future of the church.

Dozens of women holding banners calling for female ordination met on Friday (Oct. 6) at the church of St. Giovanni dei Fiorentini — which contains a relic of the foot of St. Mary Magdalene, who is sometimes described as the ‘apostle to the apostles’ — and from there they marched to the Vatican.

Read the full article on the RNS website.

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