Read the full report on International Business Times A four-day Vatican conference titled “Women’s Cultures: Equality and Difference” kicked off Wednesday in Rome’s Teatro Argentina. A nun, a female plastic surgeon and a theologian spoke — but there were still notable absences, according to Kate McElwee, executive director of the Women’s Ordination Conference, who attended…
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Read the original article on PBS NewsHour The Vatican has removed controversial video urging women to reflect on their role in society ahead of the organization’s an all-male summit on women’s issues this week. In the video, commissioned by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, an Italian actress with a thick accent asks women to submit one-minute videos…
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Read the original article from Les Nouvelles Au Vatican, l’assemblée plénière du Conseil pontifical de la culture, du 4 au 7 février, s’intéresse aux femmes. Avec cette thématique : « Les cultures féminines : égalité et différence ». Radio Vatican donne le ton : « Il ne s’agit pas d’exalter la femme dans sa seule dimension maternelle, mais de montrer que…
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Despite the backlash, some individuals and groups took the opportunity to respond to the Vatican’s call. The Women’s Ordination Conference used the hashtag to upload videos and photographs highlighting the inability of women to enter Catholic clergy. Read the whole story on the Huffington Post (2 Jan 2015)
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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Sign the Petition To: Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri and the Bishops As faithful Catholics, we are deeply concerned that the perspective and experience of a large number of Catholics will not be represented at the upcoming Synod. Therefore, we are writing to urge you to widen the circle of people invited to participate in the upcoming…
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Read the full article on Crux Erin Saiz Hanna, executive director of the Women’s Ordination Conference in Washington, D.C., agrees that women leading Catholic organizations is worthy of celebration, but said the Church still comes up short when it comes to women because of its ordination rules. “Women are told that they can be anything…
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From National Catholic Reporter‘s Jamie Manson, the WOC Blog, The Table is linked in her article. Excerpt below: I would like to believe that the Pontifical Council for Culture has the best of intentions in soliciting the reflections of women, even if it is in the most inadequate and most virtual of ways. But the…
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