Pope Francis: The Church Should Do More For Women

In his weekly general address, Pope Francis argues that society and the Church should do more for women, including “recognizing the weight and authority of their voices.”

Pope Francis made gender equality a major topic of his general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday. 

“More weight and more authority must be given to women,” he said during his weekly address, and this includes the Church. 

He believes that God created different genders to benefit families through deeper relationships and procreation, not to subordinate one to the other. 

He points to the fact that, according to Scripture,