Looks optimistically into the future: Franziska Driessen is President of the Synodal Council of the Catholic Church in the Canton of Zurich.
Photo: Urs Jaudas (2018)
Ms. Driessen, you reacted almost euphorically to the news that Joseph Bonnemain will become Bishop of Chur. Will women soon be reading masses in Zurich?
Of course I would like that. But we have to be realistic. Bishop Bonnemain will not be the one to women for the women’s diaconate, and then in a year we will have the first female pastor. But I expect him to bring women into key positions. The aim should be that 50 percent of all management positions in the ordinariate are held by women. And I trust him to do that too.
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What makes you so optimistic?
The experiences I made with him working together. He is the link between the cantonal churches and the diocese in various committees. And then I notice again and again that he takes the concerns of the cantonal churches seriously and also represents them in Chur.
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