Women take initiative to wash the feet of women and other marginalized sections

by | Apr 13, 2017 | India

by Kochurani Abraham The foot washing ritual of women and other marginalized sections organized by the ecumenical feminist women’s fellowship ‘Women’s Lives Matter’ ( a local unit of ICWM), at Santwanam  Center for battered women and children,...

Letter: Including Women and Girls in the Washing of Feet on Maundy Thursday.

by | Apr 12, 2017 | India

31 March 2017 To, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, President, Conference of Catholic Bishops of India, Cardinal George Alencherry, President Syro-Malabar Bishops’ Synod (SMBS) Baselios Cardinal Cleemis Catholicos President, Holy Episcopal Synod – Syro-Malankara Church...

Church has to be humane, neither male or female!

by | Apr 9, 2017 | India

‘Holy Father Church’, aging, dying? A reflection on an interview with Kochurani Abraham in Global Sisters Report by Dr. James  Kottoor                            From the time of Constantine, we always had only the “Holy Father Church”,  patriarchy, male dominated....

Open Letter to the Bishops of Australia

by | Apr 3, 2017 | Australia

Catholics for Renewal has drafted this letter in consultation with many Catholics strongly committed to the teachings of Jesus and their Church. People of the Church have been distressed by the increasing failings of our Church, particularly in the context of the...

Concern about sexual abuse in the Church

by | Mar 25, 2017 | India

22nd March, 2017. To Baselios Cardinal Cleemis, President, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI), Major Archbishop of Trivandrum, Archbishop’s House, Pattom, Trivandrum – 695 004. Kerala. Subject: Concern about sexual abuse in the Church Dear Cardinal Cleemis,...

2017 March 9 – Strategy Team Meeting

by | Mar 12, 2017 | Strategy Team Notes

CCRI Strategy Team Meeting 9 March 2017 Present on the call : United States : Rene, ClydeSouth Korea : PaulKenya : Peter India : Virginia Mexico : Don Australia : Paschal Paul – the Catholic Church needs an official body of lay representatives and/or regional...

2017 Feb 23/24 Strategy Team Meeting – Report

by | Feb 27, 2017 | Strategy Team Notes

Strategy Team Summary Report of Feb. 23-24 Meeting: Those in attendance were Ed (Netherlands), Peter (Kenya), Don (Mexico), Christina (New Zealand), Clyde and Rene (U.S.) The following topics were discussed after the opening prayer: Meeting with Paul Hwang: Paul Hwang...

Open Letter to the People of God

by | Jan 25, 2017 | Newsletters

(Please use links at left hand side to find out more about emboldened and underlined text.) It is amazing how similar the battle for national rights parallels the battle for church rights. This week I received an email from civil rights activist and Georgia house...

Church to back gender equality on slave’s feast

by | Jan 17, 2017 | South Africa

Having returned from three blissful weeks on the Wild Coast, despite having viewed the ‘real thing’ in the unpolluted night skies, I found myself playing ‘catch up’ with my Southern Crosses. In the 04-10 January issue, the headline “Church to back gender equality on...

Catholic Reform Group urges Pope Francis to invite young people not just as auditors but to “make some noise” at the Synod on Youth

by | Jan 15, 2017 | Press Releases

Catholic Church Reform Int’l congratulates Pope Francis on calling a Synod dedicated to young men and women. Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of the Synod of Bishops, told journalists yesterday that the presence of young men and women at the synod...