Women's rights in the Catholic Church, in general, are a controversial topic. Many people believe that the Church is masculine and excludes women in any leadership rules. The Catholic Church has existed for over two thousand years. The modern world believes that the Church is outdated. Jesus Christ lived in a time when women were isolated. It is time, according to them, for Catholics to change their beliefs to adapt to contemporary society, some Catholics are even thinking about the idea of ​​change. Pope Paul VI portrayed the Catholic Church in three words: tradition (the practices of faith), magisterium (God's plan) and Gospels (teachings of Jesus). It is not the Church's responsibility to change but to follow what it has been given, the Truth. As more and more people move into advanced society and the feminist movement continues, the Church maintains its beliefs about who each sex really is. The Feminist Movement The women's movement began in the 1800s to justify the right to go to college. Before the women's movement in the nineteenth century, women had to focus on the sixteenth century's three Cs, church, children and cooking. The Catholic Church did not start inequality between men and women. He was already in the world. For most years, the Church has followed society with many factors of life, but the Church's teachings state that women and men have the same opportunities in faith and are equal in the eyes of God. Many women, including those Catholic, they were part of the women's movement. When it was born, the movement did not want equal opportunities but independence.“If women's contribution to the development of culture must occur only through the exercise of masculine qualities, then that de...... middle of paper.... . .orliti, John E.. Respect for life and family II: valuing values: a guide for parents of adolescents: sex education in the Catholic tradition. Dubuque, Iowa: Division of Religious Education, Wm. C. Brown Co. Publishers, 1986. Print.Hauke, M. (1995). God or Goddess?: Feminist Theology: What is it? : where does it lead?. San Francisco: Ignatius Press.Le, F.G., Buehrle, M.C., & Von, H.A. (2010). The Eternal Woman: The timeless meaning of the feminine. San Francisco: Ignatius Press. Letter from Pope John Paul II to women. (1995, June 29). Retrieved from http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_29061995_women_en.htmlO'Reilly, B. (1886). The Mirror of True Femininity: An Instruction Book for Women Around the World. New York: P.J. Kenedy. Renzetti, C. M., Curran, D. J., & Maier, S. L. (2012). Women, men and society. Boston: Pearson.