Marginalizing women leads to sterile society, says pope
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Marginalizing women leads to sterile society, says popeĀ
Women across the globe received a special greeting on Sunday from Pope Francis, who stressed the importance of their unique perspectives on the world.
āA world where women are marginalized is a sterile world,ā the Pppe said during his addressĀ to the crowds who had gathered in St. Peter’s Square to take part in the recitation of the Angelus with the pope.
āNot only do women carry life,ā he said in a Catholic News Agency report, ābut they transmit to us the capacity to see otherwiseā they see things differently.ā
Women also pass on the ability to āunderstand the world with different eyes, to feel the most creative, most patient, most tender things with the heart.ā
The pope’s words came on International Woman’s Day, celebrated each year on March 8 throughout the world.
To mark the occasion, the Holy Father offered his greeting to all those who āseek each day to build a more human and welcoming society.ā
He also offered a āfraternal thanksā to those women who in, in thousands of ways, bear witness to the Gospel and work in the church.ā
Pope Francis’ remarks come alongside a conference held on Sunday at the Vatican aimed at giving a voice to those women working on the fringes of society.
The gathering, titled āVoices of Faith,ā brought together various womenĀ — human rightsĀ activists, policy makers, academics — to give witness to their work in areas of poverty and the defense of human dignity and equality.