“We wait in hope for the Catholic Church… to follow the example” of president-elect Joe Biden in placing trust in a woman of colour, says Catholic Women’s Council
“It is intolerable for us that no responsibility is taken”, denounce members of ‘Maria 2.0’ in protests at cathedral and at cardinal’s home and office
“It is our obligation as faith leaders to model responses that are dignified, humane and merciful, rather than vengeful”, say members of Religions for Peace World Council
Francis expresses closeness to people of Central America, hit by a violent hurricane, and issues call to “peace and stability” in Libya and Ethiopia
Justification for women’s ordination “lies not in emancipation but in baptism”, argues expert John Wijngaards
Brussels-based Church development group CIDSE calls tragedy that killed 19 and left over a million homeless “a catastrophic case of corporate negligence”
“Power in the Church is in priestly hands, and we women have no right to it as long as we are denied the priesthood”, denounces academic Isabel Gómez Acebo
Pushing back against president’s allegations of “fraud”, sisters say his “reckless attempts to disenfranchise millions… are shameful and will not be tolerated”
Frustration against new abortion ban continues to boil over as Bishops’ head blames protests on “hatred of Christianity” of “cultural Marxists”, compares plight of Catholics today with that of Jews in pre-war period
In a joint declaration, Islamic leaders decry instrumentalisation of religion “for political, diplomatic or commercial ends”, criticise “unjustified” Muslim calls to boycott French products
“No matter how you look at it, this dismissal does not sound like the Gospel, but quite the opposite: exclusion, intolerance and discrimination”, they decry
Catholic women’s rights movement ‘Maria 2.0’ questions need in Church for “any ordained people at all”, warns male-only hierarchy will always lead to evil
Doris Wagner Reisinger says simultaneous Catholic emphasis on conscience and obedience is a “strange logical contradiction” that fosters abuse
Giovanni D’Ercole of the Ascoli Piceno diocese announces plan “to accompany the Church’s journey in a more intense way in meditation, contemplation and silence”
In new interview with Serbian paper, Pope issues reminder to lockdown faultfinders: “Not everyone has the same abilities and resources” to face COVID-19
A German bishop’s powerful tirade against clericalism, the new Vatican synod secretary on authentic “conversion”, a priest who went viral blasting Catholic “bouncers”… here’s what you read on last month
Dominican Paweł Gużyński accuses prelates of bearing “indirect” responsibility for violation of “delicate social balance” that has led to biggest protests since fall of communism
“The most important feminist texts are in the Bible”, but Church persists with sex “complementarity”, deplores Angelika Ritter-Grepl
Pope asks for “heroic love” to defend all life as German Catholic women blame Church intransigence for stoking unrest, insist “abortion is not a crime”
On gender equality, “numbers alone are not enough”: insists Vatican representative to OSCE Monsignor Janusz Urbańczyk
Pontiff says he shares in suffering for the at least six children “barbarically killed” in an attack on a school. “May God enlighten hearts” to bring peace and silence weapons, he prays
November 19-21 online summit presented today in the Vatican now “largest movement of young economists and business people in the world”
Supporters of Pope’s comments “clericalist”, traditional marriage “common sense”, says Bishops’ spokesman and auxiliary of Valladolid Luis Argüello
Constance Vilanova pins blame for aggressions against female religious on “clericalism” which treats priests like “princes”
“Women will continue to be discriminated against” as long as “hierarchical, kyriarcal and priestly” Church persists, warns Colombian academic Isabel Corpas de Posada
Pope’s moving ‘Urbi et orbi’ blessing at the height of the pandemic was a farewell to the “Church triumphant”, says Protestant theologian and sociologist Reimer Gronemeyer
“Where are the signs of openness, of the end of a clerical self-segregation?”, wonders the “All Women Apostles!” collective
“Profits and profit alone do not give a future”, Francis also warns students and faculty of ‘Marianum’ Pontifical Theological Faculty: “Only gift, care and sharing keep the human family together”
Junia was described by St. Paul as “prominent among the apostles” but was airbrushed from later Church tradition