October 6th, 2023
By Claire Giangravé VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Advocates for the ordination of women to the priesthood flocked to Rome this week as the Vatican hosts a historic monthlong gathering of faithful to discuss the future of the church. Dozens of women holding banners calling for female ordination met on Friday (Oct. 6) at the church…
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October 6th, 2023
Antonio Marujo Roberta Fuller introduces herself: Canadian from Toronto, female and priest in the Catholic Church. And is this possible? Yes, she says; her ordination is valid, because it was a legitimate bishop who did it, but it is “not in accordance with canon law”, she admits. That is why the approximately 40 women and some men who demonstrated…
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October 6th, 2023
Rome, 6 Oct. (askanews) – A group of representatives of the Women’s Ordination Conference, an American organization that fights so that women can also become deacons, priests or bishops in the Catholic Church, protested outside the Vatican against the “unjust exclusion,” just as it is underway the synod of Pope Francis. Watch the video on the…
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October 5th, 2023
A small group of protestors gathered to advocate for the ordination of women on Wednesday as Pope Francis held the opening mass for a three week long meeting on the future of the Catholic Church in St. Peter’s Square. Before the opening Mass got under way, they unfurled a giant purple banner at a piazza…
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October 4th, 2023
By Eric Reguly Five years ago, Kate McElwee, the young American woman who is the executive director of the Women’s Ordination Conference, led a small protest at the Vatican to call attention to the plight of the hard-working – yet utterly powerless – women in the paternalistic Catholic Church. “I was held by the police,”…
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October 4th, 2023
October 4th, 2023
October 4th, 2023
By Rhina Guidos Advocates for women’s ordination in the Catholic Church hosted a prayer vigil at one of Rome’s historic basilicas on Oct. 3, on the eve of Pope Francis’ opening of a major Vatican summit expected to consider whether women might serve as Catholic deacons or priests. About 40 women from various countries gathered…
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October 3rd, 2023
October 3rd, 2023
Pope Francis suggests the Catholic church might accept same-sex partnerships as officials assemble in Rome for a synod. NPR’s Leila Fadel talks to Kate McElwee of the Women’s Ordination Conference. Listen to the interview here.
