Activists release pink smoke in protest over Vatican's male-only conclave<br /><br />Advocates for women's ordination release pink smoke from a hill near the Vatican on May 7, 2025, just hours before the start of a male-only conclave to elect a new pontiff. Chanting 'smoke out sexism,' members of the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) unleashed plumes of smoke as a 'distress signal' to emphasize that the Church must urgently change its stance on women's ordination. Although Pope Francis expanded the synod in 2023 to include women as full voting members for the first time, women still cannot be ordained to the priesthood or deaconate within the Catholic Church.<br /><br />REUTERS VIDEO<br /><br />Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe <br />Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net <br />Follow us: <br />Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook <br />Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram <br />Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter <br />DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion <br /><br />Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital <br /><br />Check out our Podcasts: <br />Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify <br />Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts <br />Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic <br />Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer<br />Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher <br />Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein <br />Soundcloud: https://tmt.ph/soundcloud <br /><br />#TheManilaTimes<br />#tmtnews<br />#vaticancity <br />#conclave
