We women do not want to make waves; we do not want to upset people. But the moment for all of us to act is decidedly now.
Women in the Church
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As the Amazon Synod nears the end, a Brazilian bishop makes the case for women deacons
On the eve of the highly anticipated voting on the final document of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazonian Region, Bishop Evaristo Pascoal Spengler, O.F.M., of Marajó, Brazil, chose to focus his remarks at the daily Vatican press briefing on Oct. 25 on the synod’s discernment of an “official ministry” for women.
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What it’s like to be a young woman at the Amazon Synod | Developing Story
What is it like to be part of the Catholic Church in Guyana?
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Conference hears how women’s voices can help strengthen Catholic Church
The church needs the voices of women wherever important decisions are made—and it needs their voices now more than ever, speakers said during the three-day Women of the Church Conference.
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Amazon Synod Weekly Roundup: Calls for ecological protection and new ministries for women
Participants expressed support for proposals to ordain women deacons and warned of the deadly consequences of climate change.
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Women religious should have vote at synod, theologian says
Sister Birgit Weiler told journalists on Oct. 11 that such changes would allow the church to become “a community of sisters and brothers, sharing faith, discerning together.”
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Possibility of women deacons proposed on day three of the Amazon Synod
Bishop Kräutler said there are thousands of indigenous communities in the Amazon that “do not celebrate the Eucharist except perhaps one, two or three times a year.” The bishops in favor of ordaining married men, he said, “are not against celibacy. We just want these brothers and sisters of ours not to have just a celebration of the word but also the celebration of the Eucharist.”
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Catholic sisters and nuns call for voting rights for women at the Amazon synod
Reform groups are seeking to bring attention to the fact that 185 men but no women are voting members of the Special Synod of Bishops on the Pan-Amazonian Region that begins on Oct. 6.
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‘There will be fireworks for her’: Tania Tetlow on Cokie Roberts
Tania Tetlow, president of Loyola University New Orleans, remembers her friend and mentor Cokie Roberts, who passed away on Sept. 17.
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Review: Saint Teresa of Avila’s agony and ecstasy
The Life of Saint Teresa of Ávila is termed an “autohagiography,” a self-justification of saintliness, by Carlos Eire, a professor of history and religious studies at Yale University.