Sexism embedded in Roman Church

From the NYT, Catholicism Undervalues Women by Frank Bruni

Recently Pope Francis said that women should have “Equal pay for equal work”.  Pointing out the hypocrisy inherent in this statement, Frank Bruni echoes our sentiments when he says:

He (Francis) left out the part about women in the Roman Catholic Church not even getting a shot at equal work. Pay isn’t the primary issue when you’re barred from certain positions and profoundly underrepresented in others.

The church’s refusal to follow some other Christian denominations and ordain women undermines any progress toward equality that it trumpets or tries. Sexism is embedded in its structure, its flow chart.

Men but not women get to preside at Mass. Men but never women wear the cassock of a cardinal, the vestments of a pope. Male clergy are typically called “father,” which connotes authority. Women in religious orders are usually called “sister,” which doesn’t.  read full essay