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Bettany Hughes outlines the background to the debate on whether women should be priests or bishops.

She discusses the arguments against women becoming priests with Catholic writer, Joanna Bogle.

Next she visits Father Scott Brodeur who trains men for the priesthood at the Gregorian University in Rome. They discuss the role of women in the early church as outlined in one of Saint Paul’s letters. Father Brodeur demonstrates the essential role of women in the early church and the equality of men and women in Christianity.

Bettany then visits the Catacombs of Saint Priscilla. Here we are shown evidence for women as priests and leaders in the earliest days of Christianity.

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