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Pope Francis tried to change the Catholic Church for women, with mixed success

By Tracy McEwan, School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences, University of Newcastle
Kathleen McPhillips, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle

Pope Francis is being remembered as a pastoral leader – and in some ways, his treatment of women in the Catholic Church was unprecedented. But he could have done more.

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