By Christopher White Read the full article here NEW YORK – Churches may have been emptier than usual this past weekend due to fears related to the coronavirus – but according to a group of demonstrators in Manhattan, the Catholic Church’s unwillingness to expand the priesthood to women has led to a decades-in-the-making clearing out…
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By James Roberts and Christa Pongratz-Lippitt Read the full article here Responses to the release of Pope Francis’ exhortation on the Amazon Synod, Querida Amazonia, were mostly divided between those whose hopes for major announcements on the ordination of married priests and women deacons in the region were disappointed, and those whose fears of such announcements…
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By Heidi SchlumpfNational Catholic Reporter Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the Amazon disappointed those hoping for an opening of clerical roles to married men and women, with many noting that the pope failed to extend his prophetic voice about environmental injustice to injustices in his own house, the church. Many women were especially outraged over the document’s…
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By the Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis refused Wednesday to approve the ordination of married men to address a shortage of priests in the Amazon, sidestepping a fraught issue that has dominated debate in the Catholic Church and even involved retired Pope Benedict XVI. Francis, in an eagerly awaited document, did not refer…
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RSVP here by March 3 and receive location information. About the Young Feminist Network: We are a diverse and inclusive community of Catholic-rooted people in their 20s and 30s supporting one another on our faith journeys. We bring our whole selves and uphold the values of consciousness-raising, liberation, social justice, anti-colonialism, anti-racism, and feminism. We…
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On March 8, International Women’s Day, Women’s Ordination Conference members and supporters marched from the United Nations headquarters in New York City to St. Patrick’s Cathedral, calling for women’s “Equal Rights and Rites.” See the full photo gallery here. The protesters sang a WOC “remix” of women’s rights song “Bread and Roses,” which you can…
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Women’s Ordination Conference announces with a heavy heart that our first parallel events at the United Nation’s Commission on the Status of Women since becoming an NGO with consultative status are cancelled. All Commission on the Status of Women meetings from March 9-20 and all side events have been cancelled due to the increased risk…
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SAVE THE DATE: Join Catholic Organizations for Renewal as we host a conversation with author James P. Carroll and theologian Richard R. Gaillardetz about the future of the priesthood. April 23, 20207:00 p.m.Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola28 Commonwealth AvenueChestnut Hill, MA 02467 Carroll and Gaillardetz will offer two visions of the future of the…
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Five Catholic reform organizations representing thousands of Catholic women and men sent a letter to Synod officials at the Vatican requesting the integration of women religious as full voting members at future synods. Women’s Ordination Conference, along with Donna per la Chiesa, Voices of Faith, Catholic Women Speak, and FutureChurch responded to an invitation from…
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If “joy is an infallible sign of the presence of God,” to quote Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, the palpable joy in the first meeting of Benedictine sisters and feminist theologians, Joan Chittister and Teresa Forcades, showed that the Divine Spirit was present and acting. The event, “Radicals and the Rule,” held October 11, 2019 at…
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