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Silenced Irish Priest Brings Focus on Conscience to U. S. Tour Contacts: Marianne Duddy-Burke, 617-669-7810 Erin Saiz Hanna, 401-588-0457 Father Tony Flannery, an Irish priest censured by the Vatican and ordered to cease priestly ministry, due to his support for the ordination of women, and his questioning official teaching on homosexuality, contraception and the validity…
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Contact:  Kate McElwee kmcelwee@womensordination.org (c) 607.725.1364 Deborah Rose-Milavec (w) 216.228.0869 (x 4)    (c ) 513.673.1401 debrose@futurechurch.org For Immediate Release   (U.S.A.) Several members from organizations comprising the coalition of Catholic Organizations for Renewal will be heading to Rome for the Extraordinary Synod on the family from October 5 – October 19, 2014.  Among them will…
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For Immediate Release Contacts:  Ryan Hoffmann: 773.531.9203, ryan@cta-usa.org Kate McElwee: +1 607.725.1364 (USA),  +39 393.692.2100 (Italy) kmcelwee@womensordination.org Deborah Rose-Milavec:  216.228.0868 x 4, 513.673.1401, debrose@futurechurch.org   Thousands ask Pope Francis to remove unjust mandate against U.S. Sisters Catholics are coming together in unprecedented fashion to support U.S. women religious. Over 17,500 signed petitions or sent letters…
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Interfaith feminists continue to challenge discrimination in religion On Tuesday, August 26, 2014, Equal in Faith invites women and men of all faiths to mark National Women’s Equality Day by joining them in a day-long social media campaign to highlight the need for gender justice in religion. Equal in Faith organizers, including representatives from Ordain…
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For immediate release: (202) 675-1006 Statement from WOC Executive Director, Erin Saiz Hanna The Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) is deeply saddened by yesterday’s announcement that human rights lawyer and founder of the Mormon organization Ordain Women, Kate Kelly, was excommunicated by her church. WOC stands in solidarity with Kate, the members of Ordain Women, and all those who bravely…
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WOMEN’S ORDINATION WORLDWIDE (WOW) For Immediate International Release Contact: Miriam Duignan (UK): +44.7970 926910; m_duignan@hotmail.com Erin Saiz Hanna (USA): +1.401.588.0457; ehanna@womensordination.org Therese Koturbash (Canada): +1.204.648.5720; t.m.koturbash@gmail.com Alicja Baranowska (Poland/Belgium): kaplanstwokobiet@wp.eu   POPE FRANCIS: IT’S TIME TO TALK Rome, Italy: Today, May 22, the Church marks the 20th anniversary of ‘the papal no’ — the Apostolic…
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For Immediate Release: May 15, 2015  Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna + 001 202.675.1006  (USA) 16 Catholic Organizations Call on Pope Francis to Apologize to U.S. Nuns; Launch Petition Washington, DC – The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), an umbrella group representing 80% of the 57,000 nuns in the United States, remains under scrutiny from the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF). In the spring of 2012, the CDF issued a statement…
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In November 2013 fifteen U.S. Catholic organizations responded to the Vatican’s call for bishops globally to survey Catholics on family issues.  While bishops’ conferences throughout Europe and Asia made their surveys public, the U.S. bishops put forth no unified effort to survey the laity. The online questionnaire was completed by more than 16,000 Catholics in…
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Groups Send Letter Urging Increase in Women’s Leadership, Access to Communion Contact:  Anthony Padovano, 973-539-8732 Linda Pinto, 570-296-5326 As the first anniversary of Pope Francis’ election approaches, leaders of 52 organizations from the United States, Europe, and Asia working towards renewal and reform in the Catholic Church have sent a letter to the Pope. They…
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WOMEN’S ORDINATION WORLDWIDE (WOW) PRESS RELEASE For Immediate International Release November 27, 2013 Contact: Miriam Duignan (UK): +011.44.1923.779446;m_duignan@hotmail.com Erin Saiz Hanna (USA): +01.401.588.0457; ehanna@womensordination.org Therese Koturbash (Canada): +01.204.648.5720; t.m.koturbash@gmail.com Alicja Baranowska (Poland/Belgium): kaplanstwokobiet@wp.eu   WOW: POPE FRANCIS — PRIESTHOOD IS A CALL TO SERVICE AND WOMEN ARE CALLED In his first Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium Pope Francis explicitly challenges global leaders…
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