Pope Francis says if we want a better world in the new year, women should be treated with dignity and involved in decision-making.

Francis made the remarks in his New Years Day homily at St. Peter's Basilica.

Francis denounced the “many times women's bodies are sacrificed on the profane altar of advertisements, of profit, of pornography.” He also lamented that women are offended, beaten, raped, forced into prostitution or forced to have an abortion.

Francis urged that women become ”fully associated" with decision-making in order to make the world more united and at peace.

“And if we want a better world, that is a house of peace and not a courtyard of war, may the dignity of every woman be at the heart of it,'' Francis said. “Women are givers and mediators of peace, and should be fully associated with decision-making processes.”

He added: “For when women can transmit their gifts, the world finds itself more united and more in peace. So, a conquest for women is a conquest for the whole of humanity.”

He didn't address if things might change in how women are treated in the Catholic church. They're not allowed to become priests.