Maureen O'Connell is professor of Christian ethics at La Salle University in Philadelphia and director of synod and higher education engagement for Discerning Deacons, a project to support the church's active discernment about the women in the diaconate.
As we near the Synod of Bishops, in which, for the first time, more than 50 women will have voting status, Phyllis Zagano's Just Church: Catholic Social Teaching, Synodality, and Women is relevant and timely.
