AP: Those who’ve worked with Pope Leo XIV are optimistic he’ll elevate women’s roles—with limits

…Also during the conclave, advocates for women’s ordination set off pink smoke flares over the Vatican to protest their exclusion from the priesthood and the election process.

“The discrimination and exclusion of women is a sin, and we’re here to say the next pope will inherit this question and needs to work quickly to correct it,” said Kate McElwee, executive director of the Women’s Ordination Conference.

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