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WOMEN RELIGIOUS: Bishops Must Be Good Listeners, Says Nun
French Salesian Sister Yvonne Reungo (in photo with Pope Francis) told Vida Nueva, a Spanish publication, that “the ideal bishop does not exist.” But he has to be a shepherd who is “close to the people entrusted to him, he has to know how to involve priests, laity and religious, and people of different generations”.
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Oct 2022Last July, Pope Francis named 14 new members to the Dicastery responsible for helping the pope choose bishops. For the first time ever, the members included women: two religious and one lay. Before Pope Francis’ reform of the Roman Curia took effect in June, members of the Dicastery were only cardinals and a few bishops.