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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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Erin Saiz Hanna is featured in this article on the Vatican’s July 15, 2010 statement calling the ordination of a woman a "grave crime." Vatican: Ordination of Women ‘A Grave Crime’By Nicole Winfield July 15, 2010 VATICAN CITY — The Vatican revised its in-house rules to deal with clerical sex abuse cases Thursday, targeting priests who…
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Erin Saiz Hanna comments on the Vatican’s labeling the ordination of a woman "a grave crime."  By Nancy Frazier O’Brien WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Vatican’s decision to declare the attempted ordination of women a major church crime reflects "the seriousness with which it holds offenses against the sacrament of holy orders" and is not a…
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Erin Saiz Hanna comments in this article from the Associated Press on the Vatican’s labeling of women’s ordination "a grave crime."  Article by Nicole Winfield VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican revised its in-house rules to deal with clerical sex abuse cases Thursday, targeting priests who molest the mentally disabled as well as children and…
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WOC’s presence at the Vatican in June 2010 for the "Year for Priests" is featured in this NPR story: Published: June 10, 2010 by Sylvia Poggioli Thousands of Roman Catholic clergy are in Rome to mark the end of the church-designated "Year for Priests." But the celebrations are overshadowed by the worldwide clerical sex abuse…
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CNN covers WOC’s activism and witness at the Vatican in June 2010:  Vatican City (CNN) — Activists campaigning for the Catholic Church to ordain women as priests were asked to leave the Vatican on Tuesday.by The CNN Wire Staff They argue that women in the priesthood could have helped lessen the impact of the child abuse…
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CBS coverage of WOC protests at the Vatican in June 2010: (AP)  Groups that have long demanded that women be ordained Roman Catholic priests took advantage of the Vatican’s crisis over clerical sex abuse to press their cause Tuesday, demanding the Vatican open discussions on letting women join the priesthood.  Representatives of a half-dozen Catholic…
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WOC was featured in the following USA Today article: Do women have a prayer? By Mary Zeiss Stange  When it comes to being religious, do women have a prayer? The Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life certainly thinks they do. In anticipation of Women’s History Month, the Pew Forum in late February…
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Aisha S. Taylor and Erin Saiz Hanna wrote the following editorial that was published in the National Catholic Reporter on March 11, 2009.  In an infuriating combination of events, the Vatican rang in Women’s History Month by once again paying lip service to women’s equality while showing its true colors. The day before Pope Benedict XVI called…
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