After the Pope announced proposals to permit priests to forgive women who have abortions if they admit having sinned, a group of American nuns hit the headlines with their own proposal – that he make women equal members of the Catholic church.
“He needs to sit down with us and other women and listen to what they are saying because he still doesn’t get it,” Sister Donna Quinn, a co-ordinator with the National Coalition of American Nuns (NCAN) told The Independent.