
Tina Beattie, a professor of Catholic Studies at Roehampton University in London, discusses the major challenges facing women in the Church today. She evaluates the setbacks of the papacies of John Paul II and Benedict for women. While Pope Francis is not doing all that many of us wish he could be doing for women, she feels he has created an openness in dialogue on this issue and her prayer is that the next pope will carry on what Francis has begun.