Pope Francis speaks throughout an unique interview with Reuters, on the Vatican. (File photograph: Reuters)VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis stated he needs to present girls extra top-level positions within the Holy See and disclosed that for the primary time he would identify girls to a beforehand all-male Vatican committee that helps him choose the world’s bishops. The function of ladies within the Vatican hierarchy was one of many many Church and worldwide subjects the 85-year-old pontiff mentioned in an unique interview with Reuters in his Vatican residence on July 2. A brand new structure for the Holy See’s central administration that got here into impact final month permits any baptised Catholic, together with lay women and men, to go most Vatican departments. “I’m open to giving (girls) a chance,” he stated within the a part of the 90-minute interview that mentioned the brand new structure, generally known as the Curia. He talked about that final yr, for the primary time, he named a girl to the quantity two place within the governorship of Vatican Metropolis, making Sister Raffaella Petrini the highest-ranking lady on the planet’s smallest state. “Two girls can be appointed for the primary time within the committee to elect bishops within the Congregation for Bishops,” he stated. The transfer, which has not been formally introduced, is extremely vital as a result of girls will for the primary time have a say within the appointment of the world’s bishops, who’re all males. Francis didn’t identify the ladies or say when their appointment can be introduced formally. FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIAFacebookTwitterInstagramKOO APPYOUTUBE