TOMITA, Luiza E.2019-09-252019-09-252016-03-0220162222-0763http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/235118"In a century where women are conquering more and more spaces in all levels: academy, literature, arts, economy and politics, some churches still have not considered gender issues seriously. Pope Francis seems inclined to hear the women: he has opened the discussion on many important social items like the situation of divorced couples, sexual diversity, ecology, reproductive issues, but he is still very discrete in what refers to the women’s role in church. During the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Feb. 9, 2015, he affirmed a new paradigm of ‘reciprocity and equivalence in the difference’: The man-woman relationship should recognize that both are necessary as they have an identical nature but with different modality. The Pope has been clear about women’s ordination: according to Pope Francis, this is out of question!"engCreative Commons Copyright (CC 2.5)Feminist TheologyEcofeministAmerica LatinawomenchurchesCommunity ethicsSocial ethicsSexual orientation/genderIntercultural and contextual theologiesFeminist theologiesLatin American theologiesArticle