From Megan Williams, of CBC News:

“As the Catholic Church mourns the death of Pope Francis and its all-male College of Cardinals prepares to elect his successor, some say an accidental email sent last month captured the contradictions at the core of Francis’s legacy on women.

In January, Francis made his highest-ranking female appointment, naming Sister Simona Brambilla prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Religious, which oversees nuns, monks and religious orders. The role had always gone to a cardinal, so Brambilla was mistakenly invited to pre-conclave meetings — exclusive to cardinals and, by definition, men.”

Read Megan William’s full article here:

How an accidental email captured what some call Pope Francis’s mixed legacy on women