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Comments on the Synod of Bishops’ Facebook page zeroed in on the woman in clerical vestments.
A social media stir has greeted the image of a “woman priest,” among several other artistic images, posted to the Synod of Bishops' Facebook page. Though it is unclear whether the Facebook page noticed the figure, the artwork does come from a Philadelphia gathering of college students that said Holy Orders should be open to women.
“In #Frascati22 our experts are working on the syntheses produced during the local consultation phase,” the Synod of Bishops’ Facebook page said in a Sept. 24 post, referring to the Italian town of Frascati. These gatherings for the Synod of Synodality included “pages and pages full of stories, insights, but also in some cases real works of art. Look at that!”
The Facebook post includes several cropped artworks with the Latin-language watermark of the Synod of Bishops in the upper-left corner.
One image shows five young people holding hands in front of a church, including a woman in the vestments of a priest. She is next to a person holding a microphone and wearing a yellow shirt that says “pride” in rainbow-colored letters. The person with a microphone appears to say “we are the young people of the future and the future is now.” The uncropped image is subtitled “Chain of Discipleship.”
Comments on the Synod of Bishops’ Facebook page zeroed in on the woman in clerical vestments.
“Why is there a woman in a chasuble?” asks one commentator.
Continued below.
What’s Behind the ‘Woman Priest’ Facebook Post from the Synod of Bishops?
A social media stir has greeted the image of a “woman priest,” among several other artistic images, posted to the Synod of Bishops' Facebook page. Though it is unclear whether the Facebook page noticed the figure, the artwork does come from a Philadelphia gathering of college students that said Holy Orders should be open to women.
“In #Frascati22 our experts are working on the syntheses produced during the local consultation phase,” the Synod of Bishops’ Facebook page said in a Sept. 24 post, referring to the Italian town of Frascati. These gatherings for the Synod of Synodality included “pages and pages full of stories, insights, but also in some cases real works of art. Look at that!”
The Facebook post includes several cropped artworks with the Latin-language watermark of the Synod of Bishops in the upper-left corner.
One image shows five young people holding hands in front of a church, including a woman in the vestments of a priest. She is next to a person holding a microphone and wearing a yellow shirt that says “pride” in rainbow-colored letters. The person with a microphone appears to say “we are the young people of the future and the future is now.” The uncropped image is subtitled “Chain of Discipleship.”
Comments on the Synod of Bishops’ Facebook page zeroed in on the woman in clerical vestments.
“Why is there a woman in a chasuble?” asks one commentator.
Continued below.
What’s Behind the ‘Woman Priest’ Facebook Post from the Synod of Bishops?
