Press Releases

2 April 2019For Immediate Release Pope Francis’ new post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation, “Christus Vivit” (Christ is Alive), offers only lip service to the movement for women’s equality in the Roman Catholic Church, suggesting no concrete actions to further his own bishops’ call for the inclusion of women in decision-making and leadership roles in the Church. The…
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Women’s Ordination Conference (WOC) is pleased to announce the hiring of Lilian Medina-Romero as Outreach Coordinator to lead “Escuchando a las mujeres,” a listening session for Spanish-speaking women in Catholic parishes in the United States. Ms. Medina-Romero is a passionate human rights advocate who developed a career creating and implementing programs to empower Hispanic immigrant…
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Contact: Cathy Renna, cathy@targetcue.com, 917-757-6123 for more information or to RSVP for either event Advocates and Experts Call for Removal of the Holy See from the Commission on the Status of Women On March 14th 2019, during the 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women, the United Nations’ intergovernmental official commission that focuses…
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As the Vatican’s summit on sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy gets underway, leaders of 12 U.S. Catholic reform organizations have issued their advice to the bishops who will participate. In a letter sent to Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, one of four organizers of the meeting, the leaders acknowledged the “pain and disappointment” 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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In light of the continued denial of a right to vote for women participating in the upcoming Synod on Youth, the Faith Life, and Vocational Discernment, we are happy to collaborate with our Italian sisters—Donne per la Chiesa— and with Catholic Women Speak in writing a letter to those women who have been invited to participate…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 21, 2018 Women’s Ordination Worldwide (WOW) acknowledges the Vatican took a significant step toward building a more synodal church by replacing the 1965 Synod of Bishops’ constitution, “Episcopalis Communio,” to officially allow non-ordained persons to participate as voting members. Yet, even when the letter of the law is changed to be…
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MEDIA ADVISORY As Catholic bishops worldwide convene in Rome in October for the month-long “Synod on Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment,” Women’s Ordination Conference and supporters of women’s equality and church reform will gather to raise up the voices of women missing from the all-male gathering. Two alternative events will demonstrate that there…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Marianne Duddy-Burke, Executive Director, DignityUSA, 617-669-7810 (mobile), execdir@dignityusa.org Zach Johnson, Executive Director, Call to Action, 773-988-2352, zach@cta-usa.orgKate McElwee, Executive Director, Women’s Ordination Conference, 607-725-1364 (USA), +39 393 692 2100 (Italy) kmcelwee@womensordination.org Deborah Rose-Milavec, Executive Director, FutureChurch, (mobile) 513-673-1401, (office) 216-228-0869 debrose@futurechurch.orgUS and Rome: Catholics in eight cities nationwide will witness this weekend (September 8, 9, and 10) outside…
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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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