The Pope says that one of the "great sins" they have committed is "masculinizing the Church"

Pope Francis has pointed out that one of the “great sins” that they have committed is to “masculinize the Church” because, in reality, “the Church is a woman” and proposed to “demasculinize it” starting with theology and inviting to give more space to more women theologians.

This was done this Thursday in the audience with the members of the International Theological Commission, the body established by Paul VI in the then Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in 1969 (it was a proposal of the first assembly of the Synod of Bishops) , to help you examine the most important doctrinal issues.

Pope Francis, who is recovering from the flu that caused lung inflammation, did not read the prepared speech because his voice was weak, but he improvised some words.

“Forgive me, I have spoken too much and it has not done me any good,” said the pope when delivering the text he had prepared.. “How am I, better not to read it. “I'll give it to you,” he explained.

“There is something I don't like about you and forgive my sincerity. One, two, three, four women: poor women! They are alone! Oh sorry, five. We must move forward on this! “Women have a different capacity for theological reflection than men,” the pope said due to the low female presence in the audience.

“The Church is a woman. If we do not know how to understand what a woman is, what the theology of a woman is, we will never understand what the Church is.. One of the great sins we have committed is to 'masculinize' the Church,” the Pontiff acknowledged.

And he announced that at the next meeting of the Council of Cardinals they will reflect “on the feminine dimension of the Church” because “this is not resolved by giving more ministries to women, that is another thing.”. It is resolved by the mystical way, by the royal way.”

Francis was referring to the request that arose at the Synod held in October to give new ministries to women, until now dedicated only to men, but which according to the pope has to go beyond just this.