On March 14, as the U.N.’s 63rd Commission on the Status of Women gathered to focus on the human rights of and empowerment of women, the Women’s Ordination Conference and a coalition called “Catholics for Human Rights: Challenging the Holy See at the United Nations,” did just that. We offered a powerful Catholic voice as…
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Contact: Cathy Renna, cathy@targetcue.com, 917-757-6123 for more information or to RSVP for either event Advocates and Experts Call for Removal of the Holy See from the Commission on the Status of Women On March 14th 2019, during the 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women, the United Nations’ intergovernmental official commission that focuses…
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Welcome to the Women’s Ordination Conference Activist Toolkit for Today! Women’s Ordination Conference is a global movement that advocates for women’s ordination into a renewed priestly ministry in the Roman Catholic Church. We are activists, advocates, theologians, parish workers, educators, and ministers who work tirelessly to bring our message of gender equality to the Vatican…
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We already know that the bishops are out-of-touch with the people they are supposed to shepherd. But now we have data to support it. A new study about women deacons shows how profoundly bishops misunderstand what the people of God support and need. According to a study from Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research on the…
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For Immediate Release: 27 October 2018 The XV Ordinary Synod of Bishops on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment approved a final document calling the inclusion of women in decision-making structures a “duty of justice” and recommending “making everyone more aware of the urgency of an inescapable change.” The Women’s Ordination Conference applauds the Synod’s…
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Reuters: Vatican ‘suffragettes’ want vote, change, in a man’s Church Huffington Post: Catholic Activists Demand Women’s Voting Rights At Major Vatican Meeting RSI: Voto alle donne cattoliche. Progetto Dialogue en route. Scisma ortodosso National Catholic Reporter: Knock, Knock! Who’s There? More than Half the Church New York Times: Vatican Faces Modern-Day Suffragists, Demanding Right to Vote…
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At the Synod on Youth, Faith, and Vocational Discernment, only 10% of the participants are women – and they are non-voting members. Even with the new Synod guidelines, which creates the possibility for non-ordained voting members for Synod, when asked why women are still excluded, the Vatican offered this argument: “For now, that is how…
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Catholic faithful demand change after sex abuse scandals (AP) Catholics seeking reform gather to pray, decry grand jury sex-abuse report (Philly.com) Catholic Church Members Protest in DC, demand for changes (WTOP) Catholics Putting Pressure On Church Leaders To Prevent Sex Abuse (CBS) Feligreses exigen transparencia de la iglesia católica de Nueva York en casos de abusos…
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Originally on ANSA ROME – The 8th edition of the Women and Religions conference, titled “Making the Difference”, is taking place in Rome on Thursday and Friday at the Marco Besso Foundation. The conference is an international gathering focused on dialogue and sharing among science, theology, and institutions. Italian Senator for life Liliana Segre will…
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We know too well the horror and anger we feel as Catholics as the revelations of yet more sexual abuse by clergy, and the extensive cover-up, reverberate throughout the U.S. and beyond. But as people of faith, we know we must be empowered by God’s righteous anger and act boldly. Catholics will gather across the…
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