{"id":22560,"date":"2024-12-16T08:28:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T08:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/pope-francis-st-lucy-is-an-example-of-female-leadership-in-the-church\/"},"modified":"2024-12-16T08:28:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T08:28:06","slug":"pope-francis-st-lucy-is-an-example-of-female-leadership-in-the-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/pope-francis-st-lucy-is-an-example-of-female-leadership-in-the-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Papa Francisco: Santa Luc\u00eda es un ejemplo de liderazgo femenino en la Iglesia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>[ad_1] Statue of St. Lucy at the New Chapel of St. Lucy in Pampanga province, Philippines. \/ Credit: Judgefloro, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Vatican City, Dec 13, 2024 \/ 15:35 pm (CNA). On the feast day of St. Lucy, Dec. 13, Pope Francis said that &quot;we need women\u2019s work and their word in a Church that reaches out that it may be leaven and light in the culture and in our lives together.\u201dThe pontiff addressed a message to the Church\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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On the feast day of St. Lucy, Dec. 13, Pope Francis said that &quot;we need women\u2019s work and their word in a Church that reaches out that it may be leaven and light in the culture and in our lives together.\u201dThe pontiff addressed a message to the Church\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-22560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":71761,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/why-sweden-honors-st-lucy-a-beloved-italian-saint\/","url_meta":{"origin":22560,"position":0},"title":"Why Sweden honors St. Lucy, a beloved Italian saint","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"diciembre 31, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Children participate in the annual St. Lucy\u2019s Day celebration in Sweden. \/ Credit: Claudia Gr\u00fcnder, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons CNA Staff, Dec 13, 2025 \/ 04:00 am (CNA). 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According to tradition, Saint Lucy was born to rich and noble parents in the year 283. 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