Cardinal barrs 8th President of Ireland and African LGBT advocates from International Women’s Day event at The Vatican.
Cardinal Kevin Farrell has stunned organisers of an annual International Women’s Day (IWD) event to be held at The Vatican in March by barring the former President of Ireland, Mary McAleese and Catholic LGBT advocate as keynote speakers. News article from The Irish Times 2nd February 2018 The Vatican has barred
Why Women Matter – International Women’s Day at The Vatican 2018
We live in times marked by change, but there are places where gender equality is being systematically overlooked. The Catholic Church is one of them. Today, women are asking why the Church is so slow in recognizing their value and opening governance and ministerial roles to them; roles that
CWS Member Jennifer Reek’s New Book
We are excited to share the news that CWS member Jennifer Reek's new book 'A Poetics of Church, Reading and Writing Sacred Spaces of Poetic Dwelling', published by Routledge is available now. Jennifer's book is structured as a spiritual and literary journey, the work moves from models of the institutional Catholic
CWS Member Christine Schenk Book Launch
We are very proud to share the news that CWS member Christine Schenk has written a book detailing archaeological evidence for influential early Christian women, which will be released for sale on 15th December 2017. 'Crispina and Her Sisiters' explores visual imagery found on burial artefacts of prominent early Christian women.
CATHOLIC WOMEN SPEAK – STATEMENT ON EXTREMISM AND SOCIAL MEDIA
The following statement was issued by the Catholic Women Speak Network on 26th September 2017: Rebecca Bratten Weiss is a member of Catholic Women Speak (CWS) – an international network of nearly 900 Catholic women committed to defending women’s right to speak and be heard inside as well as outside
A Pope Francis Lexicon
We are delighted that 11 members of Catholic Women Speak are among the contributors to this exciting new book edited by Cindy Wooden and Joshua J. McElwee: A Pope Francis Lexicon is a collection of over fifty essays by an impressive set of insightful contributors from around the globe, each writing