by | Oct 11, 2018 | CCRI News
Contact: Marianne Duddy-Burke, +1 617=669-7810, media@we-are-church-international.org Contact: Raquel Mallavibarrena Martinez de Castro, +34 649332654, rmallavi@gmail.com We Are Church International (WAC) and European Network Church on the Move (EN) strongly oppose...
by | Sep 23, 2018 | CCRI News
Recent statements from Vatican officials, including Pope Francis, that women and lay people should be more fully represented in Church structure are undercut by the announcement of who will have voting authority at the upcoming Synod on Youth, say leaders of We Are...
by | Sep 11, 2018 | Newsletters
To all concerned about the future of the Roman Catholic Church: Conversations are going on in all parts of the world about the most recent reports of clergy sexual abuse of children that have been covered up by Bishops under the pretext of “protecting the image...
by | Sep 10, 2018 | Ireland
Background re WMoF: There were two requests from countries to host the WMoF in 2018 in their countries. Neither request was from Ireland. But Pope Francis decided that the 2018 WMoF should be held in Ireland and this was announced at the 2015 WMoF in Philadelphia, the...
by | Sep 10, 2018 | France
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...
by | Aug 31, 2018 | Newsletters
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...
by | Aug 25, 2018 | Newsletters
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...
by | Jul 5, 2018 | CCRI News
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...
by | Jul 3, 2018 | CCRI News
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...
by | Jun 13, 2018 | Newsletters
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...
