{"id":135544,"date":"2023-03-18T00:53:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T17:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/pope-francis-is-no-champion-of-women-brief-letters\/"},"modified":"2023-03-18T00:58:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T17:58:36","slug":"pope-francis-is-no-champion-of-women-brief-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/pope-francis-is-no-champion-of-women-brief-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis is no champion of women | Brief letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nThe Catholic church | Spade confusion | Junior doctors\u2019 pay | Pardon my English | T-shirt slogansYour editorial (13 March) claims that Pope Francis champions \u201cthe marginal, peripheral and excluded\u201d. His church does not champion women, however, denying them equality and fertility control and refusing their participation as priests. You say that the pope emphasises \u201cmercy over judgment\u201d. What is the sin here? Who are the sinners?Michele RobertsLondon\u2022 Despite Dave Young describing the difference between a shovel and a spade (Letters, 14 March), I\u2019m confused. In Thursday\u2019s crossword a clue asks: Dug up by a shovel (6). The answer is Spaded. Dave, help us out here please. Peter StewartLondon Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/mar\/17\/pope-francis-is-no-champion-of-women\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pope Francis is no champion of women | Brief letters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; The Catholic church | Spade confusion | Junior doctors\u2019 pay | Pardon my English |&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-zgc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":151600,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/pope-francis-dies-at-88-what-happens-next\/","url_meta":{"origin":135544,"position":0},"title":"Pope Francis dies at 88: What happens next?","date":"April 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Pope Francis' death will follow a series of ceremonial events refined over centuries, leading to the election of a new pontiff\r \r Source : arabianbusiness.com\r Read more...Pope Francis dies at 88: What happens next?","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pope-Francis-1-1000x667-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":131874,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/pope-francis-vatican-website-goes-down-in-suspected-hack\/","url_meta":{"origin":135544,"position":1},"title":"Pope Francis\u2019 Vatican website goes down in suspected hack","date":"December 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Pope Francis\u2019 Vatican website goes down in suspected hack","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":90973,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/big-oil-meets-pope-francis-to-discuss-climate-sins\/","url_meta":{"origin":135544,"position":2},"title":"Big Oil meets Pope Francis to discuss climate &#039;sins&#039;","date":"June 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Big Oil meets Pope Francis to discuss climate 'sins'","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":151549,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/pope-francis-dies-at-88-one-day-after-easter-appearance\/","url_meta":{"origin":135544,"position":3},"title":"Pope Francis dies at 88, one day after Easter appearance","date":"April 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Pointiff's passing confirmed following recent recovery from pneumonia\r \r Source : arabianbusiness.com\r Read more...Pope Francis dies at 88, one day after Easter appearance","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pope-Francis-1000x667-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":130269,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/pope-francis-to-visit-bahrain-in-november-in-second-papal-visit-to-the-gulf\/","url_meta":{"origin":135544,"position":4},"title":"Pope Francis to visit Bahrain in November in second papal visit to the Gulf","date":"September 28, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The 85-year-old pontiff is visiting a church in Manama, and will be in the country for three days, from November 3 to 6\r \r Source : arabianbusiness.com\r Read more...Pope Francis to visit Bahrain in November in second papal visit to the Gulf","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Pope-Francis-New-1000x667-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":148363,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/farmer-styles-need-an-illustrative-update-brief-letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":135544,"position":5},"title":"Farmer styles need an illustrative update | Brief letters","date":"December 4, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Archaic depictions of farmers | The \u2018wondrous\u2019 US constitution | Statues of limitations | Who\u2019s the mug? 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