While the document states that the movement for female equality “was not, and is not, without problems,” the authors note that women between 20 and 50 years old rarely go to Mass, and propose making changes to open the doors for women.
One indication of the kinds of modern topics up for discussion is an entry about elective plastic surgery, which the document says “can be aggressive toward the feminine identity.” One woman quoted in the report said “plastic surgery is like a burqa made of flesh” — a description the document calls “harsh and incisive.”
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“Canceling such differences impoverishes personal experience. In this sense it is right not to accept an imposed neutrality but to value difference.”
The goal of the upcoming meeting is to find ways for Christian communities to better listen to and understand how culture has shifted.
