According to a report in the German daily newspaper "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" of 3.2.2021, the Catholic reform initiative Maria 2.0, founding member of the Catholic Women's Council, is under observation by the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The reason for this is…
Maria Mesrian's speech from the digital demonstration in Germany - 12 December 2020 We are entering new territory today. We are breaking the silence, we are overcoming the fear of free speech, which has held the people of the Archdiocese…
Sister Mumbi Kigutha CPPS Presentation at Catholic Women Council - 'Dignity and Equality Webinar' 2nd December 2020 If I was to ask any random number of people, which cultures they perceive to be patriarchal and misogynistic, without fail Africa comes…
Congratulations Vice President Elect, Kamala Harris, The Catholic Women's Council, a global umbrella group of Roman Catholic networks, are delighted with your election to the position of Vice President of the United States of America. You having broken another glass…
Keynote talk by Christiane Florin on 10 October 2020 -Voices of Faith online event. The Power of the Ushers The Cologne Cathedral is one of the most visited architectural monuments in the world. Last year, a Cologne newspaper ran the…
from ZEIT Christ & Welt - Oktober 15, 2020 "Big individual gestures are not enough." The question cannot be answered simply on a personal level. I'm closer to this Pope than any of his predecessors. In 2013 I witnessed the…
TOUTES APÔTRES We are seven women, called to different functions within the Catholic Church. Strengthened by this call, on July 22, we submitted to the Apostolic Nunciature in France our candidacies for the positions of deacons, lay preacher, parish priest, nuncio and…
By: Cristina Lledo Gomez “Have I the courage to change? Have I the courage to change? Have I the courage to change today?” sings Pink in her Hurts 2B Human album from 2019. Pink goes onto sing about the demands of change: a…
By Elise Ann Allen Published in Crux, 24th September 2020 ROME – Peruvian theologian Rocio Figueroa says little is being done to target the spiritual abuse that allowed the clerical sex scandals to happen and is urging the Catholic Church…
Dear Pope Francis, This letter has been distributed by the Catholic Women’s Council – a coalition of Catholic women’s networks from around the world, campaigning for the full recognition of women’s dignity and equality in the Church. We represent the…
