A chara, – Isn’t it wonderful how a “heretic, rebel and schismatic” woman came to be praised by a later pope as “an incomparable woman” (An Irishwoman’s Diary, February 2nd)?
The story of Mary Ward’s faithfulness to her divine vocation despite ecclesiastical persecution is a timely reminder that there is far more to God and women than man-made rules would allow.
Women’s vocations to the ministerial priesthood are crying out for recognition.
How much longer can the Catholic Church afford to ignore them? – Is mise,
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SOLINE HUMBERT,
Avoca Avenue,
Blackrock,
Co Dublin.