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SPRUCE GROVE, Alta. -- For Kelsey Papastritas, motherhood is a delicate balancing act.

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Growing up, Rachel Wong had this image of what a Catholic woman looked like. 

A Catholic woman has a quiet and demure strength. She is sensitive, soft-spoken and wears a lace veil to church. Maybe sheöÏÓãÊÓƵapp a homemaker, maybe she has her own career, but the Catholic woman Wong had in her mind was also a one-dimensional stereotype. 

]]> jean.kodin@catholicregister.org (Jean Ko Din, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 25 Jul 2019 10:53:14 -0400 Thousands of Catholic women write open letter to Pope: 'We deserve answers now' /home/international/item/27919-thousands-of-catholic-women-write-open-letter-to-pope-we-deserve-answers-now /home/international/item/27919-thousands-of-catholic-women-write-open-letter-to-pope-we-deserve-answers-now VATICAN – A group of lay Catholic women have written an open letter to Pope Francis, demanding that he answer the questions raised by the recent allegations in the letter from former U.S. nuncio Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò.
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The role of a woman in the Church does not have to be second best. 

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