Press Releases

October 23rd, 2016

International Catholic Priest Movements and Reform Groups Urge Church Progress on Key Issues during October meeting

For Immediate Release                                                                      October 21, 2016  Contacts: Deborah Rose-Milavec, FutureChurch – 513.673.1401 (c) 216.228.0869 (o), debrose@futurechurch Kate McElwee, Women’s Ordination Conference – 607-725-1364 (c), kmcelwee@womensordination.org Bob Bonnot, Association of U.S. Catholic Priests – 330-397-1257 (c), auscpbonnot@gmail.com From October 17 – 20, 2016, forty priests and lay persons from ten countries gathered in Chicago to develop strategies…
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August 2nd, 2016

WOC Responds: Pope Francis Names Scholars to Commission to Study Diaconate for Women

Kate McElwee: Italy (+39) 393-692-2100 kmcelwee@womensordination.org Erin Saiz Hanna: USA (+1) 401-588-0457 ehanna@womensordination.org For Immediate Release: 2 August 2016 Rome, Italy:  The Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) welcomes and is encouraged by Pope Francis’ gender-balanced and lay-inclusive appointments to study women deacons in the early Church, including U.S. expert and 2015 Women’s Ordination Worldwide presenter, Dr.…
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July 19th, 2016

Women’s Ordination Advocates to celebrate Feast Day of Mary Magdalene in Krakow

Miriam Duignan: UK miriam.duignan@wijngaardsinstitute.com Kate McElwee: Italy kmcelwee@womensordination.org Pat Brown: UK pat@patbrown-at.co.uk For Immediate Release: Women’s Ordination Worldwide (WOW) will celebrate the liturgical Feast Day of St. Mary Magdalene, now officially recognized as an “Apostle to the Apostles” and included in the General Roman Calendar for the first time this year. WOW advocates will gather…
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May 12th, 2016

Pope Francis Agrees to Open Commission to Study Diaconate for Women

Kate McElwee: Italy (+39) 393-692-2100 kmcelwee@womensordination.org Erin Saiz Hanna: USA (+1) 401-588-0457 ehanna@womensordination.org For Immediate Release: 12 May 2016 Pope Francis Agrees to Open Commission to Study Diaconate for Women Rome, Italy:  The Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) applauds the women religious of the International Union Superior Generals (UISG) for brazenly dialoguing with Pope Francis on…
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April 28th, 2016

Catholic groups call for restoring Hans Kung’s standing as a Catholic theologian and urge greater recognition for the pastoral role of theologians

Catholic groups commend Pope Francis for responding affirmatively to Hans Kung’s request for dialogue, call for restoring Kung’s standing as a Catholic theologian and urge greater recognition for the pastoral role of theologians FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 28, 2016 Contact(s): Gloria Ulterino, RAPPORT, 585.455.0389 (c) Janet Hauter, American Catholic Council, 847.366.2761 Bill Slavick, PAX Christi…
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April 8th, 2016

Women’s Ordination Worldwide Responds to Amoris Laetitia

For Immediate Release: 8 April 2016 Contact: Pat Brown: UK: (+44) (0)7950 048628 pat@patbrown-at.co.uk Miriam Duignan: UK (+44) (0)7970 926910 miriam.duignan@wijngaardsinstitute.com Kate McElwee: USA (+1) 607 725 1364 kmcelwee@womensordination.org Therese Koturbash: Canada (+1) 204 648 5720 t.m.koturbash@gmail.com Pope Francis’ exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, released today at the Vatican offers seeds of hope for a Church moving away…
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March 8th, 2016

WOC Joins Global Interfaith Feminists Call for End of Gender Discrimination on International Women’s Day 2016

  For Immediate Release:  March 8, 2016 Contact:  Erin Saiz Hanna 401-588-0457 Kate McElwee 607-725-1364 Washington, DC: Today, on International Women’s Day, the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC), a U.S. based organization working for the ordination of women in the Roman Catholic Church, launched an interfaith campaign calling out gender injustice and sexism in faith traditions.…
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January 21st, 2016

Statement on Vatican Decree Opening Holy Thursday Foot Washing to Women and Girls

For immediate release January 21, 2016 Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna 401-588-0457 ehanna@womensordination.org Kate McElwee 607-725-1364 kmcelwee@womensordination.org The Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) celebrates Pope Francis’ decree to change the Roman Missal, opening Holy Thursday foot washings to women and girls. While the foot washing of women and girls has taken place in parishes and communities for…
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November 12th, 2015

Women’s Ordination Advocates Support Irish Priests’ Statement on Women: Call for Greater Moral Courage of Catholic Hierarchy to Join Grassroots

For Immediate Release November 12, 2015 Contact: Pat Brown: UK: +44(0)7950048628 pat@patbrown-at.co.uk Miriam Duignan: UK (+44) 7970 926910 m_duignan@hotmail.com Erin Saiz Hanna: USA (+1) 401-588-0457 ehanna@womensordination.org Kate McElwee: Italy (+39) 393-692-2100 kmcelwee@womensordination.org   Women’s Ordination Worldwide (WOW) extends our deepest gratitude to the twelve Irish priests who publicly signed their names to a statement calling…
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October 6th, 2015

Response On Women Deacons Discussed at Vatican Synod

Contact: Miriam Duignan: UK (+44) 7970 926910 m_duignan@hotmail.com Kate McElwee: Italy (+39) 393-692-2100 kmcelwee@womensordination.org Erin Saiz Hanna: USA (+1) 401-588-0457 ehanna@womensordination.org For Immediate Release 6 October 2015   Response On Women Deacons Discussed at Vatican Synod Rome, Italy:  Recent statements made by Canadian Archbishop Paul-Andre Durocher of Gatineau, Quebec during the Vatican’s Synod on the…
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