Women: Protagonists in a Synodal Church?
Abstract
The presence of women at the recently concluded Synod of Bishops and its renewed attention to their participation in the life of the church marks the reopening of a conversation that has languished for decades. This essay examines the Synod’s reflections on contemporary Catholic women’s experience against the horizon of their role in the Second Vatican Council, the council’s teaching, and its reception. Today no less than sixty years ago, women ask to be recognized as equal members of the baptized Christian faithful, genuine protagonists in the life and mission of the Church.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Catholicism and Religious Studies
Religion
Ecology
and Ethics
Catholicism
Bioethics
Media
Education
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Journal of Moral Theology
- Publisher
- The Journal of Moral Theology, Inc.
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- SI1
- Publication date
- 30 April 2026
- Language
- EN