By: Antoinette Kelly Song pleads: ‘Hey, I was baptized, and this is crazy, But God just called me, so ordain a lady’ One of the oldest women’s Catholic organizations in the world has released a music video in their latest effort to persuade the Vatican to ordain women. Women’s Ordination Conference, which claims to be…
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By: Chloe I know, I know, we’re all sick of “Call Me Maybe” parodies. But this one is about the need to reform the Catholic Church to allow women to serve as priests, deacons, and bishops. Warning: the use of dancing Catholic schoolgirls in this video will probably make you want to watch the “Baby One…
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Carly Rae Jepsen’s catchy hit, Call Me Maybe, is the most parodied, copied, and reworked song of the year. From Olympians to Cookie Monster, everyone has taken a turn at creating their own version. We couldn’t let 2012 go by without putting our own WOC spin on it. Watch and share "Ordain a Lady" here: "Ordain a Lady" Read More! Behind…
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By Robert MacPherson WASHINGTON — An independent Roman Catholic newspaper in the United States called Monday for a campaign to reverse the Vatican’s refusal to allow women to become priests. "Barring women from ordination to the priesthood is an injustice that cannot be allowed to stand," the National Catholic Reporter said, waving a red flag…
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NCR Editorial Staff take a stance and state their support for women’s ordination. Editorial: Ordination of women would correct an injustice By NCR Editorial Staff The call to the priesthood is a gift from God. It is rooted in baptism and is called forth and affirmed by the community because it is authentic and evident…
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WOMEN’S ORDINATION WORLDWIDE PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WOW DISMAYED BY LAICISATION OF ROY BOURGEOIS November 27, 2012 Contact: • Erin Saiz Hanna – Women’s Ordination Conference (USA): 001.401.588.0457 • Miriam Duignan –womenpriests.org (UK/ International): 011.44.1923.779446 • Therese Koturbash – WOW Communications (Canada): 001.204.622.7000 The Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers have announced that the Vatican’s…
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(Reuters) – An American activist priest who was dismissed by the Vatican because of his support for women’s ordination said on Tuesday the Roman Catholic Church will have to deal with the issue of gender inequality. The Maryknoll religious order said on Monday that Father Ray Bourgeois had been kicked out of the priesthood and…
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For Immediate Release November 20, 2012 Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna (202) 675-1006 Dismissal of Fr. Roy Bourgeois from Maryknoll Religious Order Statement from Executive Director, Erin Saiz Hanna The Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) is heartbroken to report that the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has canonically removed Roy Bourgeois from his community the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers because of…
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WOMENS’ ORDINATION WORLDWIDE (W0W) Challenges Pope Benedict to Include Women in Church Leadership as Church Celebrates Proclamation of 12th Century Feminist to be 4th woman Doctor of the Church in 2,000 years FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 7, 2012 Erin Saiz Hanna: 401.588.0457 Therese Koturbash: 204.622.7000 WOW Praises Pope Benedict for elevating…
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For Immediate Release August 10, 2012 Erin Saiz Hanna: 401.588.0457 Nicole Sotelo: 773.404.0004 x285 Catholics Commend Nuns on Response to Vatican St. Louis, MO – Over 900 Catholic nuns gathered in St. Louis for the much-anticipated annual meeting of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR). After four days of discernment, Sr. Pat Farrell, current…
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