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All Hallows’ Vigil – 31st October
ALL HALLOWS' VIGIL Saturday, 31st October 9.00 to 10.00 am GMT (UK time) Catholic Women Speak invite you to join us
Tina Beattie in Conversation with Anupama Ranawana
On Monday, 6th July at 6.00 pm UK time, Tina Beattie was in a Zoom conversation with Sri Lankan theologian and international development theorist
Tina Beattie in Conversation with Martha Mapasure
On Monday, 29th June at 2.00 pm UK time (3.00 CEST), Tina Beattie was in a Zoom conversation with Zimbabwean theologian and gender activist
Tina Beattie in Conversation with Rocio Figueroa
On Monday, 22nd June at 9.30 pm UK time (8.30 am on Tuesday, 23rd June New Zealand time), Tina Beattie was in a Zoom
Tina Beattie in Conversation with Leslye Colvin
On Friday, 6th June, Tina Beattie spoke to Leslye Colvin at her mother's home in Alabama about what it means to be a Black Catholic woman in the US today. Leslye Colvin is a Catholic laywoman and writer. Her new blog—Leslye’s
CWS supports a School and Day Care Centre in Sierra Leone
CWS Supports Byseee Girls' School and Day Care Centre Catholic Women Speak is raising funds to support Byseee Girls' School and Day Care Centre in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Our initial aim was to
Querida Amazonia
Catholic women respond to Pope Francis's post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation The newly formed Catholic Women’s Council (CWC) is an umbrella for Catholic women’s networks around the world campaigning for the full recognition of women’s dignity and equality in the Church. In collaboration with Catholic Women Speak, Voices of Faith and other individuals
Votes for Women
Once again, as bishops gather in Rome for the Synod on the Amazon, we discover that none of the women religious auditors has voting rights but one of the male religious auditors does. This is a clear example of discrimination against women on the basis of sex alone. If
“NO!” – Political Christianity and the Social Responsibilities of Theologians
In July 2019 the Diocese of Dubrovnik in Croatia organised a Theology Summer School on the theme of "Theology and Plurality". They invited four tutors to give lectures and run workshops during the week—Professor Željko Tanjić of the University of Zagreb, Professor Carmelo Dotolo of the Pontifical University Urbaniana
Pope wants wider discussion on women deacons, commission member Zagano says
Article from the National Catholic Reporter by Joshua McElwee, reporting on the recent comments from CWS member Phyllis Zagano 14th May 2019 VATICAN CITY — In speaking publicly about the disagreement among the members of the Vatican's commission on the history of women deacons in the Catholic Church, Pope Francis