Feminism and Catholic identity:
online diploma in Social Doctrine of the Church
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| A few great women |
An online Diploma will see 25 Catholic leaders gathering to
discuss women in the Church and establish a “new feminism” for this era.
By Francesca Merlo
Around 25 Catholic leaders will be gathering online, from 11
to 25 July, to discuss the theme for the Sixth International Diploma in the
Social Doctrine of the Church: "Women in public life: feminism and
Catholic identity in the 21st century".
As requested by Pope Francis, the event, organised by the
Latin American Academy of Catholic Leaders, will seek to reflect on an
authentic feminism that promotes the participation of women in public life.
The aim of the course is to present a proposal for a clear
Christian identity on a new feminism that recognises the contribution of women
both in the Church and in public life. This will involve a thorough analysis of
the Church’s perspective on women, the study of philosophical anthropology of
women, and the philosophical roots of gender and the history of feminism.
International qualification
Father Alexandre Awi Mello, Secretary of the Dicastery for
Laity, Family and Life, will hold the inaugural session of the course. He will
present his doctoral thesis on the Virgin Mary, icon of women in the Church,
starting from the thought of Pope Francis.
The qualification will count as an international
certification, issued by the Latin American Academy of Catholic Leaders and
four Latin American Catholic Universities: the Pontifical University of Mexico,
the Catholic University of Costa Rica, the Catholic University of Tachira in
Venezuela, and Finis Terrae University in Chile.
The academic team is composed, among others, of Brazilian
Cristiane Kaitel, Doctor of Law at the Federal University of Minas Gerais;
Adriana Sirito, coordinator of post-graduate training at UCA in Argentina; and
the Mexican historian María Luisa Aspe Armella. She is one of the main
representatives of women's leadership in Latin America, and also served as
director of the History Department of the Universidad Iberoaméricana and
president of IMDOSOC (Mexican Institute of Christian Social Doctrine).
Teachers include: Flaminia Giovanelli, the first woman in
the history of the Vatican to become Undersecretary of a Department; Marta
Rodriguez, former head of the Women's Section of the Department for the Laity,
Family and Life; Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, Archbishop Primate of Mexico;
Paola Binetti, Italian senator and neuropsychiatrist specializing in
biopolitics; Austen Ivereigh, founder of Catholic Voices in the United Kingdom;
Monsignor Thomas Wenski, Archbishop of Miami; Soledad Alvear, former Minister
of Foreign Affairs of Chile; Isabel Capeloa, Rector of the Catholic University
of Portugal and first woman to preside over the rectors of Catholic
Universities around the world; Alexandra Pelaez, Secretary of State for
Education in Colombia; theologian Mario Angel Flores, member of the
International Theological Commission.
Relevant inquiry
The academicians stress that the topic of a new feminism is
particularly relevant nowadays. Reasons for this, they say, is that feminist
movements have broken into public life, increasing demand for more space for
women's leadership, and the serious situations of abuse and inequality within
society.
The teachers also say that they will be addressing these
issues from an evangelical perspective, capable of discerning the positive and
negative aspects of different feminisms; the recognition of legitimate
complaints of unjust situations that violate the dignity of the human being, as
well as the danger of ideological instrumentalisation that has sometimes
occurred.
The hope, therefore, is that we will succeed in
"developing the proposal for a new feminism in this changing era and in
times of crisis", they say.
The course will be held online, at times accessible to
participants from Europe and America. For further information: http://www.liderescatolicos.net/diplomado2020/.
The deadline for applications is Monday, 29 June.
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