Female Managers Have Improved Vatican More Than Men, Pope Says

There is too much male chauvinism in the Roman Catholic Church and society as a whole, according to Pope Francis, who claimed on Sunday that the women he has chosen to lead the Vatican have demonstrated they are better managers than males.

Pope Francis thinks that the Vatican's female managers have performed better than the male employees.

After a four-day visit to Bahrain, according to SBS News, the leader of the Catholic Church declared that women have done more to enhance the Vatican than men.

"I have noticed that every time a woman is given a position (of responsibility) in the Vatican, things improve," he said, according to the outlet.

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He mentioned Sister Raffaella Petrini, the deputy governor of Vatican City, as one of the women he had promoted to managerial positions.

She said of her position: “Things have changed for the better.”

Pope Francis added: “This is a revolution because women know how the find the right way to go forward.”

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While moving back from the Muslim country, the Pope was reportedly asked about the ongoing women's protests in Iran.

He said: “The fight for women’s rights is an ongoing fight because in some places women have equality with men but in other places, they do not.”

He also condemned the practice of female genital mutilation, saying: “How come, in the world today, we cannot stop the tragedy of infibulation to young girls?”

“According to two comments I heard, women are disposable material or a protected species.”

“But equality between men and women is still not universally found and there are these incidents where women are second class or less.”

He has urged the protests against the hijab rules to continue, saying that women should be better protected because they are a "gift."

Iranians are still protesting for women's rights in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish Iranian woman who was detained and allegedly assaulted by the "morality police" in September because she was wearing a headscarf.

Amini, 22, had underlying medical issues, according to the government and police, but activists and demonstrators think he was murdered, according to The Guardian.

Amjad Amini, Masha's father, also denied suggestions that his daughter had a heart attack.

“They’re lying. They’re telling lies. Everything is a lie.. no matter how much I begged, they wouldn’t let me see my daughter,” he told BBC Persia, as per CNN News.

Except for her face and feet, his daughter's body was completely wrapped when he saw it before her funeral.

“I have no idea what they did to her,” he added.