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Reuters
Reuters
World
By Philip Pullella

Pope names women to bishops advisory committee for first time

FILE PHOTO: Italian nun Sister Raffaella Petrini, who is the first woman to be appointed as the number two position in the governorship of Vatican City, is greeted by Pope Francis in this undated handout photo released by the Vatican on November 5, 2021. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS

Pope Francis has named three women, two nuns and a lay woman, to a previously all-male committee that advises him in selecting the world's bishops, the Vatican said on Wednesday.

He had disclosed the decision in an exclusive interview with Reuters earlier this month, explaining he wanted to give women more senior and influential positions in the Holy See.

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