Women Archives

National Council of Catholic Women prepares to celebrate centennial

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Nov 8, 2019

The National Council of Catholic Women was established in Washington by the U.S. bishops in 1920. In a nod to those roots, the NCCW will hold its centennial convention in the Virginia suburbs of the nation’s capital next summer.

Nuns say women’s empowerment happens on frontlines, not a ladder

Vatican
Oct 17, 2019

Several nuns serving women and girls in conflict areas have said that in their view, while seeking greater recognition and leadership in the Catholic Church is important, women’s empowerment is more than simply trying to move up, but is about encouragement at the local level.

Amazon synod continues to ponder married priests to make Eucharist accessible

Vatican
Oct 15, 2019

Once again the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon pondered the idea of married priests Tuesday, with one prelate saying the issue is being studied from different perspectives, including that of Church doctrine.

Chair of pope’s Amazon summit puts married priests, women squarely on the table

Amazon synod
Oct 7, 2019

Not wasting any time, the chairman of Pope Francis’s Synod of Bishops on the Amazon kicked things off Monday morning by putting the hotly contested issues of married priests and the role of woman squarely on the assembly’s table.

Modern-day ‘suffragettes’ push for voting rights in Amazon synod

Vatican
Oct 2, 2019

As the Pan-Amazonian synod approaches, women from several orders and organizations have banded together to demand that they be given voting rights over influential documents drafted during the meeting – a right typically awarded only to ordained men.

Top African cardinal says pope’s anti-abuse rules should be ‘extended’

Church in Africa
Sep 29, 2019

Africa’s top prelate has hit back against the notion that clerical sexual abuse is a purely western problem, saying it happens on his home turf too, though he also pressed for Pope Francis’s newly minted reporting mechanism to be broadened to cover local issues.