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Letter to Pope Francis – Demand for a Council of God’s People
From: Francophone Baptized Catholics Conference, 76 rue de la Verrerie, Paris 75004
31st August 2018,
Dear Very Holy Father,
Following the massive disclosures of a large number of scandals of the Church concerning the sexual abuse of minors by priests, you have addressed a letter to God’s People, in which you condemn clericalism as one of the causes of this evil and you have appealed to the baptized persons to help you resolve the problem. We want to respond to your appeal.
Newsletter – 31 August 2018
August 31, 2018 Along with We Are Church Int'l, CCRI is asking for your support for young LGBT people attending the Youth Synod (October 2018). Pope Francis has called a Synod on Youth Damage is done when a child or young person is made to feel that being LGBT would...
To all who are outraged about the abuse within our Church:
August 25, 2018 We have remained silent too long. It is time for us, the People of God, regardless of where we are - active Catholic, former Catholic, Christian, and all faiths - to speak out and take an active leadership in bringing us all into the one Body of...
Transparent policies and accountability needed if the Vatican is serious about bringing more women to meaningful leadership at the Curia
Recent statements by Pope Francis and top Vatican officials support the need to bring more lay women to top leadership positions at the Roman Curia. However, Voices of Faith is concerned about the apparent difficulties and lack of transparency in regard to how those women are chosen and the process undertaken to appoint them. In an extensively quoted interview with Reuters on June 17th 2018, Pope Francis is reported saying, “I don’t have any problem naming a woman as the head of a dicastery.” At the same time, he talks about difficulties in finding the right candidates and convincing curial officials to accept women for leadership positions. The Prefect of the Dicastery of Laity, Family and Life, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, stated that the Vatican is “overloaded with clerics” and that “administrative functions within the church can be done by anybody” including laity.
Announcing The Peoples Synod – Dallas, Texas, USA
All global indicators point to CHANGE. Science tells us about the Big Bang and the ongoing history of the cosmos. A living faith tells us that God’s creation continues to emerge toward a peace and oneness for which we all yearn. We as people of God can contribute to...
Join We Are Church Ireland in supporting the LGBT community
11 June 2018 Pope Francis has said about gay people "Who am I to judge?" But the Catholic Catechism still refers to the LGBT community as "objectively disordered." Would Jesus use these words? Pope Francis is to visit Ireland 25-26 August 2018 and we are calling on...
PETITION TO POPE FRANCIS: CHANGE CHURCH LGBTQI LANGUAGE
Today, Thursday 7th June We Are Church Ireland is launching a petition calling on Pope Francis to change Vatican theological language that is gravely insulting to LGBTQI people. Words like 'objectively disordered ' and ' intrinsically evil' to describe any human being...
Open Letter to Pope Francis
To all Catholic Women, Catholic Women Speak and Voices of Faith have collaborated to write an open letter to Pope Francis appealing for greater participation of and dialogue with women in the worldwide Church. They have asked for our support of this effort to open a...
We Are Church International Calls for Separate Dicastery on Women’s Equality, Calls Current Vatican Direction “Ineffective”
May 17, 2018. [ Italian ] Leaders of We Are Church International today expressed serious concerns about the expansion of the Vatican Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life to include deepened reflection on the role of women. The broadening of the mission, headed by...
Young People Taking Leadership
March 28, 2018 Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, U.S.A. have begun a global revolution. Pictured is just the gathering in Washington D.C. alone. There were "March for our Lives" rallies in 800 cities around the world from London...
Happy Birthday Professor Hans Küng
Catholic Church Reform Int'l joins with We Are Church International (WAC-I) and the European Network Church on the Move (EN-RE) as we all gather at their joint conference in Rome to offer congratulations to Professor Hans Küng on his 90th birthday. In 1962, we were...
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