by | May 25, 2020 | Australia
(Print /.PDF version HERE) A new ‘historic’, ‘substantial’, and ‘comprehensive’ report on Catholic Church governance The Light of the Southern Cross was handed to the Australian bishops on 4th May 2020. It will have ‘far-reaching implications for the Church’s life and...
by | Apr 27, 2020 | Newsletters
Virginia Saldanha, one of our Strategy Team members, the former executive secretary of the Office of Laity of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences, and a freelance writer and advocate for women’s issues based in Mumbai, India has raised this...
by | Apr 15, 2020 | CCRI News
Dear brothers and sisters, Happy Easter! Today the Church’s proclamation echoes throughout the world: “Jesus Christ is risen!” – “He is truly risen!”. Like a new flame this Good News springs up in the night: the night of a world already faced with epochal challenges...
by | Apr 10, 2020 | India
Forgetting our differences offers hope that we can continue to live in peace and harmony by Virginia Saldanha India April 6, 2020 (Reproduced with permission) The 21-day lockdown in India that began on March 25 is in its second week. We Indians are slowly getting to...
by | Apr 5, 2020 | CCRI News
James has created ‘Praying Eucharistically’, a website enabling celebration of the Eucharist in these times of isolation. He says Many Christians of all denominations are not going to be able to attend Church services over the next weeks, and maybe even...
by | Apr 4, 2020 | United Kingdom
by Thomas O’Loughlin You can divide religions into those that are most at home in the large public space and those which are most at home in the domestic space. For most Christians the choice has never been visible: they own many big buildings – and that is where...
by | Apr 4, 2020 | United Kingdom
If you have a garden and can get some greenery, then get enough to give a piece to each person in isolation with you.If you cannot cut some greenery but have a potted plant, place that on the table – it will remind you and anyone with you of the strange year we are...
by | Mar 12, 2020 | Newsletters
Women are the lifeblood of the Church We will make our presence known by our absence! It is time to boycott the institutional Church. If women stopped showing up for Church, stopped working for the diocese, stopped donating, the institution would screech to a halt....
by | Mar 5, 2020 | Newsletters
March 5, 2020 The newly formed Catholic Women’s Council together with the German Movement Maria 2.0 and Voices of Faith is proposing marking International Women’s Day on 8 March 2020 with groups wearing white scarves / white ribbons / or white clothes. All...
