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By Jamie Manson National Catholic Reporter In the final days of the Amazon synod, there was a small protest in front of the Castel Sant’Angelo. Seven members of Women’s Ordination Worldwide (WOW) held a banner the read: “Empowered women will save the church; empowered women will save the earth.” I, of course, know these women…
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By Elisabetta Povoledo The New York Times ROME — The Vatican’s extraordinary three-week meeting of bishops from the Amazon region, which ends this weekend, has generated intense debate within the church over the possibility of ordaining older, married men in remote areas. But those gathered will also make important proposals about the role of the region’s women in the Roman Catholic…
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By Elise Schmelzer The Denver Post Seeing Father George Weibel’s name printed in the newspaper Thursday brought Hazel Lorraine Kroehl back to the Broomfield swimming pool where 60 years earlier the priest abused her. Emotions flooded Kroehl. Then old shame crept up, before being washed away with gratitude. Finally, the world knew the priest for…
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By Claire Giangrave Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) – As word spread that the final document of the Amazon synod will include recommendations about the ordination of women to the diaconate, bishops involved in the synod have taken a stand asking for more female participation and leadership in the Catholic Church. Read the full…
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By Christopher WhiteCrux ROME – As the Vatican’s meeting on the Amazon draws to a close this week, one group is using the occasion to seek new roles for women in leadership, hosting a prayer vigil on Tuesday in support of women’s ordination to the priesthood and the diaconate. “Without women there would be no…
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By Angela GiuffridaThe Guardian Campaigners have gathered in Rome to call for the lifting of a ban on female priests that would “save the Catholic Church” where it is failing to ordain enough men. Activists from the Women’s Ordination Worldwide (Wow) group protested outside the Vatican on Tuesday as the church’s hierarchy pondered the idea of allowing…
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By Elizabeth Eisenstadt EvansGlobal Sisters Report On an October day four decades ago, Sr. Theresa Kane, president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and head of the Sisters of Mercy in the U.S., stood before 5,000 other sisters gathered to greet Pope John Paul II at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the…
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OMA.- Cuando faltan pocos días para el comienzo del sínodo sobre la Amazonia convocado por el Papa en el Vaticano , un grupo de mujeres católicas está en pie de guerra: reclama voz en la toma de decisiones y voto.Ads by  Aunque en la reunión de obispos -que comenzará el próximo lunes y se extenderá durante todo el mes- por primera vez fueron designadas mujeres…
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ROME – As the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon approaches, women from several religious orders and organizations have banded together to demand they be given voting rights during the meeting, a privilege typically awarded only to ordained men. “These are the modern-day suffragettes,” Deborah Rose Milavec, Co-Director of the Future Church advocacy organization, said…
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By Lara PinheiroGlobo (Brazil) (Translated from Portuguese) The hope, says Kate McElwee of Women’s Ordination Worldwide, who advocates for women’s ordination in the Catholic Church, is that the October discussion will further deepen the recognition of women’s presence in the institution. “Women are ministering to their communities on the margins in order to meet the…
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