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For Immediate Release February 14, 2013  22 Catholic Organizations Call for a Justice-seeking Pope On Monday, February 11th, Pope Benedict XVI surprised Catholics worldwide by announcing his resignation. Member organizations of Catholic Organizations for Renewal and Women-Church Convergence made the following statement. We join Catholics worldwide in praying for the health of Pope Benedict XVI…
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For Immediate Release: February 11, 2013 Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna (202) 675-1006    Statement from Executive Director, Erin Saiz Hanna Washington, D.C. – "The Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) respects Pope Benedict’s decision to resign from leadership. We are saddened to hear of the deteriorating health of the pontiff and hold him in prayer. During his papacy, Pope Benedict XVI used…
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WOMEN’S ORDINATION WORLDWIDE PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WOW DISMAYED BY LAICISATION OF ROY BOURGEOIS November 27, 2012 Contact: • Erin Saiz Hanna – Women’s Ordination Conference (USA):  001.401.588.0457 • Miriam Duignan –womenpriests.org (UK/ International): 011.44.1923.779446 • Therese Koturbash – WOW Communications (Canada): 001.204.622.7000   The Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers have announced that the Vatican’s…
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For Immediate Release November 20, 2012 Contact: Erin Saiz Hanna (202) 675-1006 Dismissal of Fr. Roy Bourgeois from Maryknoll Religious Order Statement from Executive Director, Erin Saiz Hanna The Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) is heartbroken to report that the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has canonically removed Roy Bourgeois from his community the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers because of…
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WOMENS’ ORDINATION WORLDWIDE (W0W) Challenges      Pope Benedict to Include Women in Church Leadership as      Church Celebrates Proclamation of 12th  Century Feminist      to be 4th woman Doctor of the Church in 2,000 years    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 7, 2012 Erin Saiz Hanna: 401.588.0457 Therese Koturbash: 204.622.7000 WOW Praises Pope Benedict for elevating…
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For Immediate Release August 10, 2012 Erin Saiz Hanna:  401.588.0457 Nicole Sotelo: 773.404.0004 x285   Catholics Commend Nuns on Response to Vatican   St. Louis, MO – Over 900 Catholic nuns gathered in St. Louis for the much-anticipated annual meeting of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR). After four days of discernment, Sr. Pat Farrell, current…
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 For Immediate Release August 2, 2012 Contacts: Erin Saiz Hanna:  401.588.0457 Nicole Sotelo: 773.404.0004 x285  Nuns gather to prepare response to Vatican; Catholics across country prepare "Sister City" vigils in support Washington, DC –  While the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) is meeting August 7-11 in St. Louis, MO to discern a response to the…
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For Immediate Release June 20, 2012   Contacts: Nicole Sotelo: 773.404.0004 x285 Erin Saiz Hanna:  401.588.0457      Catholics to Protest Vatican’s Treatment of Nuns by Not Donating to Peter’s Pence Collection this Weekend Washington, DC – Leaders of the Nun Justice Project, a group of Catholic organizations that coordinated the recent nationwide vigils, are asking U.S.…
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For Immediate Release June 12, 2012   Contacts: Nicole Sotelo: 773.404.0004 x285 Erin Saiz Hanna:  401.588.0457   Catholics to Deliver Petition in Support of Nuns At Bishops’ Meeting in Atlanta   Washington, DC –  Leaders of the Nun Justice Project, a group of Catholic organizations that coordinated the recent nationwide vigils, will hand-deliver a petition in…
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For Immediate Release June 1, 2012 Nicole Sotelo: 773.404.0004 x285 Erin Saiz Hanna:  401.588.0457     Thousands of U.S. Catholics Rally in Support of Nuns; Commend LCWR on Prayerful Discernment   Washington, DC – Today, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), an umbrella group representing 80% of the 57,000 nuns in the United States, released a…
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