Vatican diplomat: Women should play a much greater role in peace processes
September 08, 2026
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CWN Editor's Note: A Vatican diplomat called for efforts to foster women’s leadership to promote a culture of peace.
Addressing a UN forum on the topic, Msgr. Robert Murphy, interim chargé d’affaires of the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations, said that “the essential contribution of women to building and sustaining peace is to be reaffirmed.”
“Women can and should play a much greater role in all these processes which are intended to heal societies fractured by violence and chaos,” Msgr. Murphy continued. “However, achieving this requires actions that enable women to exercise their leadership.”
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Posted by: feedback -
Sep. 09, 2026 11:57 AM ET USA
Peacemaking is mandated for everyone: "Blessed are the peacemakers." Women are more agreeable by nature than men but that doesn't translate to effective leadership skills. Also, leadership is not a biblical (God-ordained) role for women. Ephesians 5:22-33, 1 Timothy 2:13-15. The problem could be the lack of masculine, dependable, and godly men for the positions of leadership. Including the leadership in the Church.
