” “The first international meeting of European women theologians “Women theologians: in what Europe?”, organised by the Italian Women Theologians’ Coordination (Cti), will begin in Rome this afternoon. It will be attended by 150 women theologians from 20 different countries of the continent. The subject of the day, “A plural Europe: spirituality, cultures, churches”, will be addressed by the President of Cti, Marinella Perroni, the President of the Cei Commission for the Doctrine of the Faith and archbishop of Chieti-Vasto, mgr. Bruno Forte, the President of the European Society of Women for Theological Research, Adriana Valerio, the Deputy President of the Ecumenical Forum of European Christian Women, Catherine Gyarmathy, and a theologian from Oslo University, Kari Elisabeth Borresen. The Cti has about one hundred members, 60 per cent of whom are women theologians from different Christian backgrounds, who have obtained a university certificate in theological sciences, in order to promote and enhance biblical and historical research from an ecumenical perspective. The goal of the meeting is “to spread ideas, the plans developed over forty years by the Second Vatican Council to recognise that theology is a veritable party, attentive to the needs raised by the changes that take place in social life and to help make Europe more liveable”. The problems to be overcome are “solitude and academic marginalisation” so as to stop, said the Spanish Mercedes Navarro Puerto, being on the “border” between public recognition and life.
