Soline Humbert's book 'will resonate with many Catholic women who don’t see themselves represented on their church's altar. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh
“‘How long does it take to become a priest?’ asked the child. ‘A lifetime,’ replied the old priest.
“But if you are a little girl, it will take several lifetimes, generations. When I first heard the call to priesthood years ago, I wondered how I would be able to live with it in a Church which denied it.”
These are the opening lines of Soline Humbert’s recently published memoir, A Divine Calling: One Woman’s Life-Long Battle for Equality in the Catholic Church.
It sets the stage for a compelling story of her struggle to honour her call from God to ordained ministry in the Catholic Church.
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