Press Releases

For Immediate Release Jennifer O’Malley,  RCWP-USA Board President (310) 408-9122 Erin Saiz Hanna, WOC Co-Director (401) 588-0457 Roman Catholic Womenpriests (RCWP) and Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) are deeply saddened by the violent attack that Alexandra Dyer, a Roman Catholic Womanpriest in New York City, experienced when leaving work on Wednesday evening.  As she was getting in her car,…
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“The reason some questions cannot be suppressed, do not go away–regardless how many people think they should–is because the human heart knows they must be asked or have yet to be clearly answered.  When that question concerns the quality of the discipleship of half the Catholics in the world, it cries out for attention. And will continue to…
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For Immediate Release Contact: WOC Co-Executive Directors Erin Saiz Hanna, (USA) +1 401.588.0457 Kate McElwee, (Italy) +39 393.692.2100 The Women’s Ordination Conference applauds Pope Francis for awakening global consciousness about the exploitation and suffering of our natural and spiritual world in his encyclical Laudato Si’. Integral ecology has long been the study of feminist theologians.…
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For Immediate Release: May 12, 2015 Francis DeBernardo, New Ways Ministry, 240-432-2489 Sister Jeannine Gramick, SL, National Coalition of American Nuns, 301-864-3604 Kate McElwee, Women’s Ordination Conference, 202-675-1006 Deborah Rose-Milavec, FutureChurch, 216-228-0869 International Catholic Leaders Call on Pope to Revamp Parish Structure and Management Representatives from 22 international Catholic groups working for a more just…
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Organizational Contact(s):  Sheila Peiffer (American Catholic Council): 518.334.6076 sheilapeiffer.acc@gmail.com Deborah Rose-Milavec (FutureChurch): 513.673.1401, debrose@futurechurch.org For Immediate Release: April 21, 2015   Catholics from 18 dioceses across 15 states gathered in February and March to engage in 51 listening sessions in preparation for the Synod on the Family being held in Rome October 5 – 24,…
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Limerick, 16.04.2015. “With the resignation of Pope Benedict we are at the end of an era, and this is our best chance to renew the church for a long time“, Father Tony Flannery of the Irish Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) said during an international conference in Limerick that brought together over 30 Catholic priests…
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For Immediate Release Women of faith will mark International Women’s Day on Sunday March 8, 2015 by joining together in a global, interfaith fast and social media campaign (#EqualinFaith) for gender justice and the equality of women in their faith communities. The day-long fast and social media campaign will culminate in interfaith prayer services and…
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For Immediate Release February 2, 2015 Pat Brown, (UK) +44 (0) 113 268 2887 Miriam Duignan (USA) +1 510 984 8678 Marilyn Hatton (Australia) +61 2 6262 5275 Kate McElwee, (Italy) +39 393 6922100 Sexism is the Original Sin: WOW Statement on The Pontifical Council for Culture’s Plenary Assembly About Women’s Cultures  The Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Culture’s Plenary Assembly…
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Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna, 401-588-0457 or ehanna@womensordination.org Kate McElwee, 607-724-1364 or kmcelwee@womensordination.org Girls will no longer be allowed to serve as altar servers during Mass at Star of the Sea Church in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Reportedly, Rev. Joseph Illo will phase out altar girls because he believes there is an “intrinsic connection” between…
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21 January 2015 Contact Details Below Catholics call on the bishops of the world to “widen the circle” at 2015 Family Synod Sixteen Catholic organizations have issued an open letter calling on the bishops of the world and Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, to widen the circle of auditors and…
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