Misogyny or Reform? Lucetta Scaraffia and Donne Chiesa Mondo
Editor Lucetta Scaraffia and her all-female editorial team have announced that they are suspending publication of the monthly women's magazine, Donne Chiesa Mondo (Women, Church, World) published by the official Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano. Lucetta has been a good friend to Catholic Women Speak and a brave spokesperson for women in the Church. She
Overcoming Silence – Campaign from Voices of Faith
Make your voice heard #overcomingsilence Catholic Women Speak supports the work of Voices of Faith and their new campaign to gather one million voices in 2019 to encourage the Church to acknowledge the voices of half of its members. The Catholic Church is facing a crisis. A new generation
Podcast from Radio Veritas
Catholic View. Women Feature. Overcoming Silence Thursday 7th February 2019. Follow the link below to listen to the latest Podcast edition of the Women Feature from Sheila Pires on Radio Veritas. This programme includes discussion of the recent revelations of abuse on nuns, and a culture of silence, with thoughts
Sheila Pires of Radio Veritas interviews Tina Beattie about CWS
Sheila Pires of Radio Veritas South Africa interviewed Tina Beattie about CWS. You can listen to the interview here, starting at 7 mins. into the programme. We are telling stories, not spreading ideologies … If you self-identify as a Catholic woman, you are welcome
A Public Appeal to Professor Gabriella Gambino
PUBLIC STATEMENT BY CATHOLIC WOMEN SPEAK AND VOICES OF FAITH (Il testo italiano—preghiamo clicare qui) We have read with unease the article “Migrants show the West the real face of motherhood, Vatican official says,” written by Elise Harris and published in Crux on November 11,
Letter to Women Participating in the Synod
We are happy to collaborate with our Italian sisters—Donne per la Chiesa— and with Women's Ordination Conference in writing a letter to those women who have been invited to participate in the forthcoming Synod on Young People, Faith and Vocational Discernment. There is widespread dismay among many Catholic women that,