Press Releases

Today, Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) Executive Director Erin Saiz Hanna made the following statement in response to the Vatican’s announcement that priests who sexually abuse minors, view child pornography, or sexually abuse mentally disabled adults, along with those who ordain women or women who attempt to be ordained, will now be included among the list…
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For Immediate Release Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna, ehanna@womensordination.org or  (202) 675-1006,  U.S. mobile in Rome 011-39-401-588-0457   Women’s Ordination Advocates Hold Press Conference During Vatican Year for Priests Celebration, Vigil Calling on Pope to Ordain Women   ROME, ITALY – Today, at 11:00 o’clock in the office of redazione di ADISTA, Via Acciaioli 7, 00186…
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For Immediate Release: Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna, ehanna@womensordination.org or (202) 675-1006 or U.S. mobile in Rome 011-39-401-588-0457   Women’s Ordination Advocates Hold Press Conference During Vatican Year for Priests celebration, Vigil Calling on Pope to Ordain Women   Today, Erin Saiz Hanna, executive director of the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC), joined Catholic activists from around…
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For Immediate Release: Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna, ehanna@womensordination.org (202) 675-1006   The Vatican’s Betrayal Statement from Executive Director Erin Saiz Hanna   WASHINGTON, DC: Tomorrow, Roman Catholics globally will join together for feast of Holy Thursday, to commemorate the Last Supper of Jesus the Christ and welcome the Easter Triduum, the holiest days for Catholics.…
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Background After 40 years in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Sister of Charity Louise Akers has been told by Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk to publicly disassociate herself from the issue of women’s ordination if she wishes to continue making any presentations or teaching for credit in any archdiocesan-related institutions.   On August 10, 2009, Archbishop Pilarczyk…
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For Immediate Release Contact: Clarissa Mendez, 202-675-1006, www.womensordination.org    Date: July 07, 2009

WOC Calls on Members to Raise Voices during Vatican’s Year of the Priest

WASHINGTON, DC-Today, on the 15th annual World Day of Prayer for Women’s Ordination, Aisha S. Taylor, executive director of the Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC), issued the following statement regarding the need for women’s leadership in all levels of the Roman Catholic Church. Every year on March 25th, the feast of the Annunciation, WOC joins the…
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PRESS RELEASE  MEDIA CONTACT: Erin Saiz Hanna, office: +1 (202) 675-1006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 16, 2008 Women religious raise their voices to "Break the Silence" on women’s ordination WASHINGTON, DC – Today, over 100 women religious go public in their support of women’s ordination and Roy Bourgeois, the Maryknoll priest who was informed by the Vatican…
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Aisha Taylor, Executive Director of the Women’s Ordination Conference, issued the following statement from the main stage of the School of the Americas Watch protest in Fort Benning, Georgia, on November 22, 2008 with thousands of people in attendance.  As a feminist Catholic woman working for women priests and an inclusive, accountable Catholic church, I am proud…
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