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This Nun's Words About Women In The Catholic Church Are Going Viral

This Nun's Words About Women In The Catholic Church Are Going Viral

Yahoo12-05-2025
Sister Rose Pacatte from the Daughters of St. Paul has been a nun for nearly 60 years and currently lives in Rome.
She was interviewed by Norah O'Donnell in the Vatican before the Conclave, and that interview is going viral:
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First off, I love how excited she gets when she sees Norah O'Donnell.
Very cute.
Secondly, it's completely wild that she predicted that Cardinal Prevost would become Pope.
HER MIND.
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And thirdly, her wisdom about women in the Catholic Church is just so sincere.
Norah asked Sister Rose if she wanted women to have a bigger role in the Catholic Church, and Sister Rose's insightful answer is resonating with a ton of people.
"I am almost 60 years a nun. People need to realize if there's a problem, and women are not part of the solution, it will not be solved in any type of long-term meaningful way," she says. "Women have to always be part of the solution. I think Pope Francis brought us a lot closer than anyone has ever brought us. I still think that there will be a women's diaconate. And the only reason they don't have it, I think, is because they're afraid."
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"Who's afraid?" Norah asks. "I think the hierarchy. The men in the church. And maybe not all of them, I don't want to generalize to everybody," she says.
Well, people are loving her response/aura/everything.
"She is so correct, intelligent and gentle," one person said.
"I'm telling my children she is the pope," another person commented.
And then a bunch of people are pointing out that she's wearing high-heeled running shoes.
Obsessed.
As this person said, "Women always need to be part of the solution. Sister Rose, you are amazing."
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