New headline proposed

My reaction to your headline on Christine Schenk's "Viewpoint" article (NCR, Nov. 3), "Vatican shows new openness to women" was ... well, thanks a lot! I would have composed one of the following headlines to more cogently reflect the thrust of the article: One, "Holy Spirit nudges the Vatican," or two, "Half the church gets a little recognition," or three, "A slight light breaks through in Rome." How sad that the Vatican prefers to stumble around in the dark rather than freely acknowledge the essential actual and potential contributions of the women of the church. How tragic that the legalisms of canon law, not written in stone, are allowed to obscure the fullness of the light.

KATHLEEN KELLY

Syracuse, N.Y.

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