Erin Saiz Hanna was featured in the Times Special "The Top 10 of Everything of 2010" highlighting women priests. 6. Women Priests, In Spite of the Vatican By Howard Chua-Eoan In July, the Vatican branded the ordination of women as priests a delictum gravius, or grave crime, the same label it has given pedophilia. That may…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 23, 2010 Women-Church Convergence Calls On Catholic Bishops to Stand Against Anti-gay Hate Crimes Member organizations of Women-Church Convergence (W-CC) are disheartened by the recent suicides of 5 young people caused by harassment over their sexual orientation. Tyler Clementi, Seth Walsh, Billy Lucas, Raymond Chase…
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Open Letter To Each Newly Appointed Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church From: Woman’s Ordination Worldwide We are representatives of a network of organizations whose aim it is to see women and men sharing fully together in all ordained ministries within our Catholic Church. On their behalf we congratulate you on your elevation to…
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WOC was featured in a Times Magazine article about Catholic womenpriests. Defying the Vatican, Catholic Women Claim Priesthood by Tim Padgett Like any good priest, Judy Lee knows how to use a Bible story. One of the readings for Roman Catholic Masses on a recent Sunday, from the Book of Wisdom, recounts how the Hebrews…
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Women’s Ordination Worldwide was mentioned in this Time article about woman priest Alta Jacko and the women’s ordination movement. The Push to Ordain Female Priests Gains Ground By Dawn Reiss Alta Jacko is the mother of eight children. She is also an ordained priest in the Roman Catholic Church. Jacko, 81, who earned her master’s…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 13, 2010 US Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna, Women’s Ordination Conference, Executive Director/ WOW Leadership e: ehanna@womensordination.org, t: + (202) 675-1006 UK Contact: Therese Koturbash, WOW Leadership e: koturbash@btconnect.com, t: +44(-0)1923 779 446 Women’s Ordination Advocates Support Day of Action on September 26, 2010 Women’s Ordination Worldwide (WOW) stands in…
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Women’s Ordination Worldwide (WOW) stands in solidarity with Catholic women in Ireland who call for a widespread boycott of Mass on Sunday, September 26, 2010. "Women make up 60% of Mass-goers and 80% of lay ministers. If each one of us took action on one single day, there is no doubt that this would…
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Jamie L Manson, WOC board member writes an article about the dilemma of both loving one’s local Roman Cahtolic parish/church while disagreeing with the stances the Roman Catholic Church has taken. Relationships create church, not loyalty to the institution Written by Jamie L Manson They disagree with the Roman Catholic Church’s stances on women, ordination,…
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Twenty-seven Catholic organizations from around the globe issue statement denouncing the oppression of women and the inadequate response to child sex crimes Yesterday, the Vatican issued a clarification of its canonical procedures for how dioceses should handle priests who sexually abuse children. As part of the statement, they have added that the "attempted ordination of…
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