At the Synod on Youth, Faith, and Vocational Discernment, only 10% of the participants are women – and they are non-voting members. Even with the new Synod guidelines, which creates the possibility for non-ordained voting members for Synod, when asked why women are still excluded, the Vatican offered this argument: “For now, that is how…
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Catholic faithful demand change after sex abuse scandals (AP) Catholics seeking reform gather to pray, decry grand jury sex-abuse report (Philly.com) Catholic Church Members Protest in DC, demand for changes (WTOP) Catholics Putting Pressure On Church Leaders To Prevent Sex Abuse (CBS) Feligreses exigen transparencia de la iglesia católica de Nueva York en casos de abusos…
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Originally on ANSA ROME – The 8th edition of the Women and Religions conference, titled “Making the Difference”, is taking place in Rome on Thursday and Friday at the Marco Besso Foundation. The conference is an international gathering focused on dialogue and sharing among science, theology, and institutions. Italian Senator for life Liliana Segre will…
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We know too well the horror and anger we feel as Catholics as the revelations of yet more sexual abuse by clergy, and the extensive cover-up, reverberate throughout the U.S. and beyond. But as people of faith, we know we must be empowered by God’s righteous anger and act boldly. Catholics will gather across the…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Kate McElwee, Executive Director, Women’s Ordination Conference 607-725-1364 (USA), +39 393 692 2100 (Italy) kmcelwee@womensordination.org Zach Johnson, Executive Director, Call to Action 773-988-2352, zach@cta-usa.org Deborah Rose-Milavec, Executive Director, FutureChurch (mobile) 513-673-1401, (office) 216-228-0869 debrose@futurechurch.org Catholics Fired Up: “Time’s Up: We Demand Truth” United States and Rome: On September 8 and 9,…
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Three Catholic reform organizations have expressed solidarity with women religious speaking about sexual abuse by clergy. Call To Action, FutureChurch and Women’s Ordination Conference issued a statement Aug. 2 condemning clergy abuse allegations and thanking women religious and other survivors for coming forward. The three organizations launched the #CatholicToo campaign in December 2017 “as a Catholic response to the outpouring of…
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Read the NCR article here Kate McElwee, executive director of Women’s Ordination Conference, explained to NCR that she and Deborah Rose-Milavec, executive director of FutureChurch, spoke with Bishop Dusan Spiner, a priest who was ordained to serve the underground church in the 1973 by Bishop Felix Maria Davidek. Rose-Milavec described the opportunity to meet Spiner as “an…
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A new petition has been launched to reinstate a popular priest who was excommunicated for his support of female ordination. CORPUS, an organization begun by resigned priests and their families that calls for a more inclusive church, released a petition June 28 to reinstate former Maryknoll priest Roy Bourgeois. Bourgeois was excommunicated after saying the homily at an August…
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A television broadcast of the 2018 International Church Reform Network meeting in Slovakia. (Begins at minute 15:27) https://tvthek.orf.at/profile/Orientierung/1366/Orientierung/13982324
Pope Francis has stated that while he supports having more women in positions of authority within the Roman Catholic Church, he does not support allowing women to become priests. The head of the one billion-strong Church was interviewed by Reuters earlier this week on a host of issues. When asked about female ordination, Francis responded…
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