Meet the Anglican woman bishop who spoke to Pope Francis about women’s ordination

Anglican Bishop Jo Bailey Wells spoke at a meeting of Pope Francis’ Council of Cardinal Advisors on Feb. 5., about her own experience as an ordained woman in the Church of England and the journey her church  took before reaching the decision to ordain women. She was one of two women to present at the meeting, the second in a series of encounters with women theologians that Sister Linda Pocher, F.M.A., is arranging for the pope’s cabinet, aimed at looking more deeply at the role of women in the church between the 2023 and 2024 sessions of the Synod on Synodality. Bishop Wells joins host Colleen Dulle to discuss her experience addressing Pope Francis and his closest advisors. Find a text version of this interview in lieu of our usual show page here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices