Pope Quote of the Day:

I would like to do a quick "man-on-the-street" survey: True or False, the Catholic Church is always oppressive to women, and ignores their unique and neccesary contribution to understanding the Christian mysteries?

Our Lady of Humility, Prayer for Us!

Most people I think would say, "absolutely true." I think how ever they would be wrong. Let's look at this following quote from our currently reigning Pontiff:
It is theologically and anthropologically important for woman to be at the center of Christianity. Through Mary, and the other holy women, the feminine element stand at the heart of the Christian religion.

Father Josef Ratzinger on his ordination day

FACT: The Church by worshipping Christ, a man born of a woman, the Church has always seen women as centrally important in the human project. The first Saint is a woman, Holy Mother Mary, and this has continued through the present day. From Mary through Catherine of Siena through Therese of the Infant Jesus (the Little Flower) and Edith Stein, among many more.