We already know that the bishops are out-of-touch with the people they are supposed to shepherd. But now we have data to support it. A new study about women deacons shows how profoundly bishops misunderstand what the people of God support and need. According to a study from Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research on the…
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For Immediate Release: 27 October 2018 The XV Ordinary Synod of Bishops on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment approved a final document calling the inclusion of women in decision-making structures a “duty of justice” and recommending “making everyone more aware of the urgency of an inescapable change.” The Women’s Ordination Conference applauds the Synod’s…
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Reuters: Vatican ‘suffragettes’ want vote, change, in a man’s Church Huffington Post: Catholic Activists Demand Women’s Voting Rights At Major Vatican Meeting RSI: Voto alle donne cattoliche. Progetto Dialogue en route. Scisma ortodosso National Catholic Reporter: Knock, Knock! Who’s There? More than Half the Church New York Times: Vatican Faces Modern-Day Suffragists, Demanding Right to Vote…
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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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