Being made in the image of God means we share qualities with God! It implies we have a moral conscience, the capacity for understanding good and evil, the ability to love, reason, create, and choose freely.
Human Dignity Articles
Gender Equality and the Church
“The first creation account shows the essential equality of men and women (cf. Gen 1:27-29).” (Pope Benedict XVI, 60)
What is the Role of Women?
The Church sees a woman’s role as multifaceted and indispensable: equal in dignity to men, gifted with a “feminine genius”.
Rerum Novarum was groundbreaking in addressing the struggles of the working class and societal challenges during the Industrial Revolution.
Being made in the image of God means we share qualities with God! It implies we have a moral conscience, the capacity for understanding good and evil, the ability to love, reason, create, and choose freely.
"The first creation account shows the essential equality of men and women (cf. Gen 1:27-29)." (Pope Benedict XVI, 60)
The Church sees a woman’s role as multifaceted and indispensable: equal in dignity to men, gifted with a “feminine genius”.
"The challenge facing most societies is that of upholding, indeed strengthening, woman’s role in the family while at the same time making it possible for her to use all her talents and exercise all her rights in building up society." (Pope St. John Paul II)
