Papal envoy to meet women who ‘applied’ to be priests, bishops
- Elise Ann Allen Aug 3, 2020
Seven women from the "Toutes Apôtres" coalition have submitted applications to the Vatican nunciature in Paris for ecclesial positions in the Catholic Church currently only open to men. (Credit: Toutes Apôtres/Yong Chim.)
ROME – After seven women in France last month “applied” for ecclesial jobs traditionally open only to men, including the priesthood, the Vatican’s ambassador to the country has made a personal phone call to several of them offering a sit-down meeting.
The calls apparently are unrelated to death threats one of the women “applicants” says she received.
On May 25, a woman named Anne Soupa sent the Vatican embassy in Paris her application to be the next Archbishop of Lyon, a post which has been vacant since the resignation of Cardinal Philippe Barbarain in March amid an ongoing legal battle to clear himself of allegations that he covered up sexual abuse.
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