April 13th, 2016
Read the full article in the Irish Times: Seeds of hope The Women’s Ordination Worldwide group, which has been campaigning for the ordination of women in the Catholic Church since 1996, said the document “offers seeds of hope for a church moving away from general and strict doctrinal rules to one of grace and growth”.…
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April 13th, 2016
Following is a series of quotes from Catholic leaders and observers reacting April 8 to the issuance of Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation “‘Amoris Laetitia” (The Joy of Love), on Love in the Family”: “The Vatican offers seeds of hope for a church moving away from general and strict doctrinal rules to one of grace and…
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January 26th, 2016
By David Gibson and Rosie Scammell | Religion News Service January 21 VATICAN CITY — In a change that quickly set the Catholic world buzzing, Pope Francis is allowing priests to wash the feet of women and anyone else in the community on Holy Thursday and not just men, as church law had previously decreed. The reform,…
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January 26th, 2016
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has changed church regulations to explicitly allow women and girls to participate in the Easter Week foot-washing ritual, after having shocked many Catholics by performing the rite on women and Muslims just weeks after he was elected. Proponents of women’s ordination hailed Francis’ decree, while traditionalist Catholics warned that it…
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November 6th, 2015
Prof. Mat Schmalz, of the College of the Holy Cross, an expert in global Catholicism; Deb Rose-Milavec, executive director of FutureChurch; and Miriam Duignan of the Women’s Ordination Conference who, with colleague Kate McElwee, was detained by Rome police to keep them from approaching bishops exiting the synod. Listen to the full “Reasonably Catholic” radio…
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October 7th, 2015
Read the full Washington Post Article by Michelle Boorstein Women’s Ordination Worldwide, a decades-old group advocating for women to be ordained in all Catholic ministries, issued a statement Tuesday saying it applauded Durocher for “raising the suggestion to the exclusively male-voting body” and for making a connection between the status of women in the…
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October 5th, 2015
Here are some of the headlines from the Women’s Ordination Worldwide 2015 meeting, featuring WOC and WOW members. NCR: Catholic activists raise ordination issue as pope’s U.S. trip approaches Reasonably Catholic: Kate McElwee on Grab Bag episode NCR: Women ordination advocates multi-media appeal NCR: Women’s ordination conference opens in Philadelphia Irish Times: Question Time: What…
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August 19th, 2015
Listen to Kate McElwee on WESU’s program, “Reasonably Catholic” with Maria Johnson (20:10 minute mark)
August 13th, 2015
Last September, Jacqueline Straub wrote a letter to the pope. (First off: People still write letters?) But Straub wasn’t fishing for a papal pen pal. While some might argue she was using pen and paper to beat her head against a wall, Straub, a 24-year-old theology student, would likely counter that she was taking a…
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August 13th, 2015
By Margery Eagan: On Spirituality columnist, Crux August 12, 2015: Read the Full article on Crux “Doubly othered.” That is how Gina Messina-Dysert describes her life as a faithful feminist and a faithful Catholic. She is suspect within Catholicism for her feminism. She is suspect among feminists for her Catholicism. “Doubly othered.” What a perfect name,…
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