He made strides in boosting female workforce in Vatican but also insisted women could never become priestsJust a few days before he died, Pope Francis met nurses and medics from Rome’s Gemelli hospital, where for five weeks he had been treated for severe pneumonia, to thank them for their care.Leading the group of 70 men and women was Elena Beccalli, who in June last year became the first female rector of Milan’s Catholic University of the Sacred Heart. The university’s health faculty in Rome has close ties with Gemelli. Continue reading...