INDIA
UCA News
March 9, 2020
Demonstration part of a global campaign to give Catholic women more decision-making roles
Catholic women demonstrated outside Mumbai’s cathedral demanding gender equality within the Church as part of a global campaign marking International Women’s Day on March 8.
Six women stood holding posters outside the Holy Name Cathedral after Sunday Mass seeking more roles for women in the decision-making processes of the Church.
The demonstration was part of a global campaign to claim equality and dignity for women in the Catholic Church, said Virginia Saldanha, a theologian who was part of the demonstration.
She said Voices of Faith, an international voluntary group, launched the global campaign as part of its effort to empower Catholic women to take more decision-making roles.
The group has urged its network members across the globe to join each country or create their own programs to “call for equality and dignity for women in the Catholic Church.”
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