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21
January 2010 |
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VATICAN/HOLY
SEE: THE NEW UNDER-SECRETARY OF THE PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE
IS A WOMAN |
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Flaminia
Giovanelli was appointed by the Holy Father as Under-Secretary of the
Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, where she has previously worked as
an assistant. The news was released today by the Holy See Press Office. Ms
Giovannelli is the only lay woman to hold such a position at the Vatican. Interviewed
today by Vatican Radio, she commented on the role of women in the Church: “it
is growing, perhaps visibly I would say, but it has always been there. Those
who know the life of the Church and her institutional mechanisms will
certainly acknowledge that women have always played a very important role.
Now this role is growing visibly, I would say”. “I believe – she added
speaking about her job – there is no other job as rewarding as the one we are
doing here, where we do experience the world’s joys and suffering minute by
minute. It is truly enriching from this point of view. As for the challenges
the Vatican has at heart, Ms Giovannelli mentioned “the great problems facing
Christians in the Middle East, in the Holy Land as well as in the East”, the
issue of religious freedom and the disasters occurring every day. “In those
days, our thoughts are turned to the people of Haiti”, she said. |
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