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Does Francis’ female prefect square the circle on lay governance?

The appointment of a cardinal pro-prefect for the Dicastery for Religious could defuse a long-simmering canonical debate over the link between sacred orders and authority in the Church

Jan 06, 2025

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Pope Francis blazed a new ecclesiastical trail on Monday, appointing the first female head of a curial dicastery by promoting Sr. Simona Brambilla, I.S.M.C, from secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life to become its new prefect.

Does Francis’ female prefect square the circle on lay governance?

The appointment of a cardinal pro-prefect for the Dicastery for Religious could defuse a long-simmering canonical debate over the link between sacred orders and authority in the Church

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