So said His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, during the General Wednesday Audience.It is the desire of the Lord Jesus that the example of the "feminine figures" of early Christianity, "these figures who have made their contribution so that faith in him would grow, to be known and their memory to remain alive in the Church."
"In the ambit of the early Church the feminine presence was in no way secondary," the Pontiff remarked as mentioning a lengthly list of early women who followed Jesus. The role of women in the life of the Church is such that "the history of Christianity would have developed very differently if the generous contribution of many women had not taken place."
The Holy Father united his gratitude for the contribution of women in the ecclesial life to that of the Servant of God Pope John Paul II, "giving thanks to the Lord because he leads his Church, from generation to generation, making use distinctively of men and women, who are able to make their faith and baptism fruitful for the good of teh whole ecclesial Body for the greater glory of God.
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