December 17th, 2014
The Nun Justice Project is a grassroots movement supported by the following organizations: American Catholic Council, Association for the Rights of Catholics in the Church, Call To Action, Catholics for Choice, CORPUS, DignityUSA, FutureChurch, New Ways Ministry,Quixote Center, RAPPORT (Renewing a Priestly People, Ordination Reconsidered Today), Voice of the Faithful, WATER: Women’s Alliance for Theology,…
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November 20th, 2014
Dear Cardinal Sean O’Malley: In what has already become an infamous “60 Minutes” interview, you stated to Norah O’Donnell: “If I were founding a church, I’d love to have women priests. But Christ founded it, and what he has given us is something different.” As women born well after Vatican II, we are constantly asked: “Why…
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October 27th, 2014
WEST WARWICK, R.I. — An Irish priest censured by the Vatican for supporting the ordination of women and challenging church teachings on homosexuality received a warm welcome when speaking at Emanuel Lutheran Church on Sunday afternoon. About 75 people turned out to hear Father Tony Flannery, who is on an 18-city, three-week tour of the…
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October 3rd, 2014
From BBC Radio 4: See minute mark 11:20 for Miriam Duignan, Women’s Ordination Worldwide Leadership Circle member and the Women’s Ordination Conference video “Vatican: It’s a Man’s World” Just over a year ago, the phone rang at the office of the Italian newspaper La Repubblica. A man asked to speak to Eugenio Scalfari, the paper’s…
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September 29th, 2014
From the Irish Independent: An international meeting of Catholic women priests, women bishops and their support groups which met in Co Louth at the weekend has said the Vatican must overturn its ban on women’s ordination. The international delegates from Ireland, the US, UK and Australia also expressed anger over the Vatican’s categorisation of female…
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September 20th, 2014
From the Global Sisters Report, By Dan Stockman A coalition of progressive Catholic organizations has delivered nearly 18,000 petitions to Pope Francis, asking him to remove the orders for the largest leadership group of American women religious to reform. Nun Justice Project, a coalition of 15 progressive Catholic organizations in the United States, hand delivered more…
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September 16th, 2014
WASHINGTON – A 17,000-name petition in support of Roman Catholic nuns in the United States deemed too liberal by the Vatican has been delivered to the Holy See, organizers said Monday. It asks Pope Francis “to personally intervene” to remove “unjust mandates” imposed two years ago on the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), which…
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September 16th, 2014
Une pétition signée par 17.000 personnes apportant leur soutien aux religieuses américaines, en conflit avec le Vaticanqui leur reproche des prises de position trop libérales, a été transmise au Vatican, ont indiqué aujourd’hui les organisateurs de la campagne. La lettre ouverte, remise vendredi par Kate McElwee, dirigeante de l’association Nun Justice Project, s’adresse directement au pape…
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August 8th, 2014
From where I stand, it seems to me if the amount of press, ink, and media reviews tell us anything, there are many who care deeply that the voices and agency of the sisters in the United States remain strong. If you are one of those, you might want to send an email to LCWR,…
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April 16th, 2014
“The Holy Spirit is making mischief,” Sr. Simone Campbell says near the end of the forthcoming documentary “Radical Grace.” Campbell’s quote is an apt summary of the film, which captures one of most extraordinary years in the Catholic church’s recent history: beginning in April 2012 with the outraged response to the doctrinal assessment of the…
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