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Son más de 700 millones en todo el mundo (la mitad de la población que se confiesa católica) y, Desde el 5 de marzo y durante los cuarenta días de la Cuaresma, están llamadas a una huelga inédita para “negar nuestro tiempo, nuestro trabajo y nuestros recursos financieros a la Iglesia Católica Romana”.

WOC’s Catholic Women Strike campaign gets a shout-out on the “Faith Adjacent” podcast as they discuss the larger theme of boycotts around 29:43 minute mark!

NCR reports on a recent survey of 450 women in paid or volunteer roles in the diocese of San Diego. While many women feel supported, reports of sexism were also documented. This article references WOC’s 2019 study of young Catholic women.

WOC executive Director, Kate McElwee, and three other voices from the Catholic Women Strike campaign were featured on the Sunday Programme on the BBC. Listen from 15:33 to hear the report.

(RNS) — As Lent began on Ash Wednesday (March 5), Catholic women frustrated over being disenfranchised by the church despite promises of greater recognition are going on strike, withholding numerous services and ministries to their Catholic parishes, schools and universities. Organized by the Women’s Ordination Conference, a 50-year-old group based in Rome that advocates for…
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Raffaella Petrini has been appointed to run the Vatican city governate, a role that includes responsibility for its health system, police force and museums. Read the full article and quotes by Kate McElwee, WOC executive director here: https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/women-make-better-managers-says-pope-as-he-gives-nun-top-job-zcg8gt5rp

“Il Papa tradisce le donne, poteva cancellare la diseguaglianza di genere nella Chiesa ed invece, decidendo di soprassedere ancora sul ripristino del diaconato femminile, perpetua il sessismo“. Con riflessi gravi anche sulla vita sociale al punto che “Bergoglio rischia di alimentare episodi di violenza sulle donne”. Lo sguardo delicato, quasi smarrito, della 38enne americana Kate McElwee contrasta con la…
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Executive Director Kate McElwee is interviewed for the CBC radio show “As It Happens,” about the historic appointment of the first woman to head a Vatican dicastery, Sr. Simona Brambilla. Listen to the interview here (at approximately 38:15).

By Elisabetta Povoledo Pope Francis on Monday appointed Sister Simona Brambilla to head the Vatican office that oversees religious orders for both men and women — including more than a quarter of the world’s priests — making her the first woman to reach the No. 1 position in an office in the Holy See. The choice reflects…
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What would the Catholic Church do without women? If some activists have their way, we’re about to find out. A new project is urging women to strike by withholding time, labor and financial resources from the church during Lent, which begins March 5. The planned action is in response to the Vatican’s synod on synodality,…
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