Current Action Alerts

On Tuesday, Cardinal Gerhard Müller, head of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith told L’Osservatore Romano newspaper “above all we have to clarify that we are not misogynists, we don’t want to gobble up a woman a day!” The Vatican is not misogynistic??? We beg to differ.  And we have proof. Introducing…
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On Tuesday, August 26, 2014, “Equal in Faith” invites women and men of all faiths to mark National Women’s Equality Day by joining a day-long social media campaign to draw attention to the marginalization of women in our faith communities and highlight the need for gender justice in religion. Take action!  1. Post a photo and/or…
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   In the spring of 2012, the Vatican issued a scathing statement faulting the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) for promoting “radical feminist themes” and “corporate dissent,” causing outrage among Catholics around the globe. Last month, the Vatican chief of doctrine, Cardinal Gerhard Müller, accused the nuns of not abiding to the harsh and…
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A delegation of women’s ordination advocates from around the world will, during prayerful vigil hand deliver these letters to the Vatican — letters from women who are called to priesthood and from all those who stand up for justice in the church. Take Action now!

In preparation for the Extraordinary Synod on the Family to be held Oct. 5-19, 2014, the Vatican has asked national bishops’ conferences around the world to seek the opinions of Catholics on a number of church teachings including contraception, same-sex marriage and divorce and remarriage. Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary general of the Vatican’s Synod of Bishops,…
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Almost exactly one year after the Vatican released its unjust mandate attacking the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), Pope Francis has reaffirmed the critique, which found LCWR had "serious doctrinal problems," exposed "radical feminist themes," and needed to be reformed.   LCWR released a statement on Monday’s meeting between their leadership and Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller, the head of…
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Father Giertych, theologian to the Pope, recently stated that women can’t be priests because priests love the church in a characteristically "male way" when they show concern "about structures, about the buildings of the church, about the roof of the church which is leaking…"  We say, “I’ll fix the roof … and I can be a priest." …
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Carly Rae Jepsen’s catchy hit, Call Me Maybe, is the most parodied, copied, and reworked song of the year. From Olympians to Cookie Monster, everyone has taken a turn at creating their own version. We couldn’t let 2012 go by without putting our own WOC spin on it. Watch and share "Ordain a Lady" here: "Ordain a Lady" Read More! Behind…
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Lift your Voice with Roy Bourgeois! "Break the Silence. Shatter the Stained-Glass Ceiling"    Take Action 1. Join over 8,000 justice-seeking Catholics and Sign the Petition in Support of Fr. Roy Bourgeois.  Each of the organizations below have issued statements of Support for Fr. Roy: Association of Roman Catholic Womenpriests , 8th Day Center for Justice , The Federation…
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Every year on March 25th, the feast of the Annunciation, WOC joins the global women’s ordination movement to bring attention to the issue of women’s ordination by providing resources to host public demonstrations, home liturgies, and presentations about women’s ordination and structural change in the church. On the 17th Annual World Day of Prayer, we will…
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