2024 Rita Cassella Jones Lecture on Women and U.S. Catholicism

Synod reports from every corner of the world ask the church to recognize the baptismal equality of all people. While women are increasingly added to church management, the only response to requests for women deacons has been Pope Francis’ televised “no.” What does the future hold?

Phyllis Zagano, Ph.D., senior research associate-in-residence at Hofstra University, will present this year’s lecture, titled “Management, Not Ministry—The Future of Women in the Catholic Church.”