From the CBC Website:

Pope Francis, whose 12-year papacy ushered in a more open, welcoming Catholic Church that prioritized empathy for the poor and disenfranchised — including Indigenous victims of Canada’s church-run residential schools — has died at 88, the Vatican said in a video statement Monday.

In the article, CNWE is mentioned:

Francis, like previous popes, still viewed women “as special, or exotic or needing to be studied, [not] as equal persons in the church,” said Mary Ellen Chown of the Canadian group Catholic Network for Women’s Equality.

Read the entire article below:

Pope Francis, committed to service, humility and healing, dead at 88