Author: Kate McElwee

Catholic Groups Praise U.S. Sister-Leaders in Resolution of Unjust Vatican Mandate

For Immediate Release: April 16, 2015 Organizational media contacts: Kate McElwee (Rome)  +39 393.692.210 Deb Rose-Milavec  (USA)  513-673-1401 Statement from the Nun Justice Project: The Nun Justice Project is glad to see that the Vatican has removed their mandate against the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR). Today’s joint statement is testimony to the dogged…
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RÓŻOWY DYM (Pink Smoke)

(Read the full article on www.krytykapolityczna.pl – and look for ZUZANNA RADZIK’s book, “Church Women” to be released this April) Chcemy kompletnej zmiany, przebudowy Kościoła, ale nie wierzymy, że uda się zbudować jakiś utopijny feministyczny Kościół w ciągu jednej nocy. Miały dużo szczęścia, w ciemno kupując bilety do Rzymu (Duch Święty? zwykły fart?). Przez znajomych z teatru…
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2015 Synod “Widen the Circle of Voices” Report

Women’s Ordination Conference, Women’s Ordination Worldwide and other renewal organizations came together and created a petition and report to encourage Bishops to include more, diverse voices at the 2015 Synod on the Family in October. Here is the report, delivered to the Synod office in Rome. Please share with your local community and parish. Widen the…
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Join Interfaith feminists in solidarity on International Women’s Day

Women of faith will mark International Women’s Day on Sunday March 8, 2015 by joining together in a global, interfaith fast and social media campaign (#EqualinFaith) for gender justice and the equality of women in their faith communities. The day-long fast and social media campaign will culminate in interfaith prayer services and regional gatherings in…
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Interfaith feminists join together to challenge gender discrimination in religion on International Women’s Day

For Immediate Release Women of faith will mark International Women’s Day on Sunday March 8, 2015 by joining together in a global, interfaith fast and social media campaign (#EqualinFaith) for gender justice and the equality of women in their faith communities. The day-long fast and social media campaign will culminate in interfaith prayer services and…
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Le pape François, un pape “féministe” ? Le Monde des Religions

Pas d’ordination sacerdotale Le discours inédit du pape a cependant de solides limites. Sur l’ordination de femmes, il est catégorique : « le sacerdoce réservé aux hommes (…) ne se discute pas », écrit-il dans Evangelii Gaudium. François confirme la position de l’Église quand il prête des qualités propres à la femme : « elle est celle qui…
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PBS “To the Contrary”

PBS “To the Contrary” discusses the “Women’s Cultures,” quoting Kate McElwee on the WOC blog. The conversation begins at 8:43, watch the video here

Vatican Conference On ‘Women’s Cultures: Equality And Difference’ Gets Off To Rocky Start

Read the full report on International Business Times A four-day Vatican conference titled “Women’s Cultures: Equality and Difference” kicked off Wednesday in Rome’s Teatro Argentina. A nun, a female plastic surgeon and a theologian spoke — but there were still notable absences, according to Kate McElwee, executive director of the Women’s Ordination Conference, who attended…
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Vatican takes down video asking women to reflect on place in society (PBS NewsHour)

Read the original article on PBS NewsHour The Vatican has removed controversial video urging women to reflect on their role in society ahead of the organization’s an all-male summit on women’s issues this week. In the video, commissioned by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, an Italian actress with a thick accent asks women to submit one-minute videos…
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Le Vatican et les femmes : c’est compliqué

Read the original article from Les Nouvelles Au Vatican, l’assemblée plénière du Conseil pontifical de la culture, du 4 au 7 février, s’intéresse aux femmes. Avec cette thématique : « Les cultures féminines : égalité et différence ». Radio Vatican donne le ton : « Il ne s’agit pas d’exalter la femme dans sa seule dimension maternelle, mais de montrer que…
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