8 March: gender pay gap 'grave injustice' - Pope

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 8 - The pay gap between men and women is a "grave injustice", said the Pope in the preface to a book on women's leadership, published by La Stampa newspaper on Wednesday.
    It is "right" that women should be able to express their "abilities in every sphere, not only within the family, and be remunerated equally with men for equal roles, commitment and responsibilities," Francis wrote in the preface to the volume "More women's leadership for a better world: caring as an engine for our common home", published to coincide with International Women's Day.
    "The gaps that still exist are a grave injustice," continued the Pope. "These gaps, together with prejudice towards women, are at the root of violence against women," he said. (ANSA).