Swedish Archbishop: Pope's all-male environment lacks balance
Pope Francis visited Sweden earlier this week to participate in an ecumenical service marking the 500th anniversary of the start of the Reformation, a move seen by many as a reconciliatory gesture from the Catholic Church towards protestant faiths like Sweden’s Lutherans.
On the flight home to Rome however he made comments that weren’t likely to go down well with Sweden’s liberal Lutheran Church, which has been appointing female priests since 1960 and has a female archbishop. Read more.
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