Re:  Your comment of Francis' words about the role of women. I do think Francis is speaking from something closer to Fr. Barry's view of women than from a realization that not all women are alike, not all have the same calling, they vary in as much as men in personality, interests, intelligence, skills and callings, etc. It came across, to me, as something off-the-cuff and not thought out - at all.  

There is a very interesting piece in Commonweal that takes the character of Buffy the Vampire Slayer as an example of the complexity of being female and whole. It is a reprint of an article that orignally appeared in 2003.  It begins with recalling Pope JPII's 1995 Letter to Women, in which he talks about a "new feminism" and calls for more dialogue with women - did that ever happen? Anyway, Kaveny does a good job of making a case for Buffy as an example of the kind of women who need to be included in a dialogue if it ever happens. YAAH !https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/what-women-want