More than 60 women from Andalusia, the Canary Islands, Extremadura, and Murcia will take part this weekend in Málaga in the II Gathering of La Revuelta de Mujeres en la Iglesia, the feminist network that calls for a transformation of ecclesial structures and which recently sent an open letter to Pope Leo XIV questioning fundamental aspects of the ecclesial constitution, including the impossibility of conferring the priesthood on women.
According to the Diocese of Málaga itself, the gathering will be held on June 6 and 7 — dates on which the Pope arrives in Spain — at the Casa Diocesana de Málaga under the motto “Disciples of the Gospel, artisans of renewal”.
The gathering has the support of the diocese
The gathering will not be held in private facilities or in spaces outside the Church, but in the Casa Diocesana de Málaga itself. In addition, the initiative has been promoted through the diocese’s official channels, which have published the program, the objectives of the gathering, and the organization’s demands on its institutional website.
The diocese’s involvement is especially striking given the controversies that have accompanied La Revuelta since its founding and the criticism of its feminist-inspired positions within the Church.
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According to the information released by the institution, the participants will share spaces for reflection, formation, dialogue, and joint work with the aim of continuing to promote a Church they describe as “more synodal, inclusive, and participatory.”
The organization presents the gathering as an opportunity to delve deeper into the challenges women face within the Church and to develop proposals aimed at greater female participation in ecclesial structures.
An open letter addressed to Pope Leo XIV
The gathering comes just days after the group made public an open letter addressed to Leo XIV and published through Religión Digital.
In the document, the signatories state that they feel “invisible, disregarded, separated, and discriminated against” within the Church and maintain that the impossibility of accessing the sacrament of Holy Orders constitutes a situation of inequality incompatible with baptismal dignity.
The members of the collective assert that men can participate “fully” in the seven sacraments, while women are “barred” from the priesthood simply for being women.
The letter also uses expressions foreign to the usual language of Catholic tradition, such as the term “Dixs” to refer to God or the description of God as “Father-Mother.” The text concludes by calling for changes in the Church and reiterating one of the movement’s historic slogans: “Until equality becomes the norm in the Church”.
A movement marked by ideological feminism
La Revuelta was born in Spain in 2020 and has since built a network of groups that interpret ecclesial reality through categories drawn from contemporary feminism.
Its demands revolve around concepts such as “baptismal equality,” “sorority,” “inclusion,” or “structural transformation,” while questioning aspects of Church doctrine and organization related to the priesthood, authority, and women’s participation.
The movement maintains that the Church upholds discriminatory structures against women and advocates for a profound institutional reform to correct this situation.
Six years after its founding, La Revuelta continues to expand its presence in various Spanish ecclesial spheres. The holding of this second gathering in Málaga and its welcome in diocesan facilities also demonstrate the growing normalization of an ideological movement within the Church in Spain.