Editing Mary McAleese (section)

===Inclusion of women in the formation of the Catholic Faith===
In March 2018, McAleese asked "If you are going to exclude women in perpetuity from priesthood and if all decision-making, discernment and policy-making in the Church is going to continue to be filtered through the male priesthood, tell me how in justice and charity, but most importantly in equality, are you going to include the voices of women in the formation of the Catholic faith?  What radical, innovative, strategic ideas do you have for their inclusion while being excluded from priesthood? And that's the question they have not answered".<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web | url=https://www.thejournal.ie/mary-mcaleese-catholic-church-3891496-Mar2018/ | title=Mary McAleese says it's 'pure codology' that women can't become priests | date=8 March 2018 | access-date=27 November 2019 | archive-date=27 November 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127164459/https://www.thejournal.ie/mary-mcaleese-catholic-church-3891496-Mar2018/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

On the ordination of women, McAleese said "I believe that women should be ordained, I believe the theology on which that is based is pure codology. I'm not even going to be bothered arguing it. Sooner or later it'll fall apart, fall asunder under its own dead weight."<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

On International's Women Day, McAleese described the Catholic Church as "an empire of misogyny". She said "This regrettable situation arises because the Catholic Church has long since been a primary global carrier of the toxic virus of misogyny...Its leadership has never sought a cure for that virus although the cure is freely available. Its name is equality."<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.irishcentral.com/news/politics/mary-mcaleese-catholic-church-misogyny-sexism|title = Former Irish president Mary McAleese brands Catholic Church "empire of misogyny"|date = 9 March 2018|access-date = 22 November 2019|archive-date = 23 November 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191123092751/https://www.irishcentral.com/news/politics/mary-mcaleese-catholic-church-misogyny-sexism|url-status = live}}</ref>

In response to her speech, the Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin said "Her challenge to the internal culture of the Church today was brutally stark. Some may find it unpleasant or unwelcome. I must accept the challenge with the humility of one who recognises her alienation."<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/diarmuid-martin-accepts-mcaleese-criticisms-of-restrictions-on-women-1.3420980?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnews%2Fsocial-affairs%2Freligion-and-beliefs%2Fdiarmuid-martin-accepts-mcaleese-criticisms-of-restrictions-on-women-1.3420980 | title=Diarmuid Martin accepts McAleese criticisms of restrictions on women | newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] | access-date=22 November 2019 | archive-date=28 August 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828120654/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/diarmuid-martin-accepts-mcaleese-criticisms-of-restrictions-on-women-1.3420980?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnews%2Fsocial-affairs%2Freligion-and-beliefs%2Fdiarmuid-martin-accepts-mcaleese-criticisms-of-restrictions-on-women-1.3420980 | url-status=live }}</ref>