Setting the Record Straight - How The Catholic Church Raised The Status of Women

Surprise !  Despite the widespread misconception, the Catholic Church has done more to raise the status of women in society than any other earthly entity. And the Church did it right away. Drawing on the resources of prominent and objective historians this program reveals the amazing transformation the Catholic Church brought about in women’s lives in the early centuries and through the middle ages. Uh- oh! Women’s status declined later. What happened? Women lost ground in the Renaissance (it was the rebirth...of patriarchal Roman law) and the Enlightenment (a better name would be the “Darkening”).