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Austrian Catholic women's group urges bishops to open general secretary role to lay people
The Federation of Catholic Women in Austria (kfbö) urged the Austrian bishops' conference on September 15 to change its statutes to allow lay people to serve as general secretary. The organization, which has approximately 170,000 members, wants to remove the requirement that the general secretary must be a priest.
AI-assisted briefing based on the sources below.Sources behind this story
- Analysis & opinionAustrian bishops’ conference urged to appoint lay general secretary
The Pillar · Luke Coppen
- Analysis & opinionUnder the excuse of synodality, Austrian 'Catholic feminism' calls for the laicization of the General Secretariat of the bishops
InfoVaticana · INFOVATICANA
How the coverage unfolded
- Sep 15, 3:28 PM The Pillar Austrian bishops’ conference urged to appoint lay general secretary
- Sep 16, 8:56 PM InfoVaticana Español Con la excusa de la sinodalidad, el «feminismo católico» austriaco pide laicizar la Secretaría General de los obispos
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