A delegation of women’s ordination advocates from around the world will, during prayerful vigil hand deliver these letters to the Vatican — letters from women who are called to priesthood and from all those who stand up for justice in the church. Take Action now!
In November 2013 fifteen U.S. Catholic organizations responded to the Vatican’s call for bishops globally to survey Catholics on family issues. While bishops’ conferences throughout Europe and Asia made their surveys public, the U.S. bishops put forth no unified effort to survey the laity. The online questionnaire was completed by more than 16,000 Catholics in…
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Groups Send Letter Urging Increase in Women’s Leadership, Access to Communion Contact: Anthony Padovano, 973-539-8732 Linda Pinto, 570-296-5326 As the first anniversary of Pope Francis’ election approaches, leaders of 52 organizations from the United States, Europe, and Asia working towards renewal and reform in the Catholic Church have sent a letter to the Pope. They…
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WOMEN’S ORDINATION WORLDWIDE (WOW) PRESS RELEASE For Immediate International Release November 27, 2013 Contact: Miriam Duignan (UK): +011.44.1923.779446;m_duignan@hotmail.com Erin Saiz Hanna (USA): +01.401.588.0457; ehanna@womensordination.org Therese Koturbash (Canada): +01.204.648.5720; t.m.koturbash@gmail.com Alicja Baranowska (Poland/Belgium): kaplanstwokobiet@wp.eu WOW: POPE FRANCIS — PRIESTHOOD IS A CALL TO SERVICE AND WOMEN ARE CALLED In his first Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium Pope Francis explicitly challenges global leaders…
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In preparation for the Extraordinary Synod on the Family to be held Oct. 5-19, 2014, the Vatican has asked national bishops’ conferences around the world to seek the opinions of Catholics on a number of church teachings including contraception, same-sex marriage and divorce and remarriage. Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary general of the Vatican’s Synod of Bishops,…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Deborah Rose-Milavec, 513-673-1401 Kate Conmy, 607-725-1364 Marianne Duddy-Burke, 617-669-7810 November 12, 2013. Earlier today, a group of 15 progressive Catholic organizations launched an on-line survey to enable U.S. Catholics to provide input to the US Conference of Catholic Bishops and to the Vatican in preparation for an upcoming Synod on the Family. Over 1,200…
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Please tweet Pope Francis and members of hierarchy on Friday, October 4, the Feast of St. Francis, and let them know you support the ordination of women in Roman Catholic Church. It’s time to create a truly collaborative relationship with women in the church, just as St. Francis did with St. Clare. Taking action is…
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This is a page demonstrating how we can easily set up a way for people to send a message via twitter. Check it out: Send a message to @missmeaghan reminding her to work on the website changes. Tweet Her!
Erin Saiz Hanna, Executive Director Women’s Ordination Conference 202 675-1006 Lorie Winder, Media Coordinator, Ordain Women 310-497-0046 Interfaith feminists challenge discrimination in religion on National…
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Contact: Miriam Duignan, WOW Leadership Circle (United Kingdom) t: 011.44.1923.77946; e: m_duignan@hotmail.com Therese Koturbash, WOW Communications Coordinator (Canada) t: 001.204.648.5720: e: t.m.koturbash@gmail.com Alicja Baranowska, WOW Communications Task Force (Belgium + Poland) e: alicja.baranowska@wp.pl ‘No Women Priests?’ WOW Responds to Pope Francis On the question of ‘women’, WOW is alarmed by remarks made by Pope Francis during an interview with international…
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