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International Women’s Day March 8, 2020
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 are...
Francis wants us to move away from that monarchical model
After extensive discussion about Querida Amazonia, the strategy team and advisors of Catholic Church Reform Int’l have moved from passionate disappointment in Pope Francis to a realization that it not his style to make a papal decree about such critical matters as married priesthood and the role of women. The church he is advocating is a synodal church, i.e. one that walks together.
“I think the pope is looking for a deeper change,” said Fr. Joe Healey, our associate in Nigeria. “He wants us to move away from that monarchical model and engage the whole church in the process of discernment on issues like bringing back the female diaconate. You can’t achieve synodality if you continually look to the pope to make the tough calls.
CCRI honors Sr. Roselei Bertoldo
The following article was written by freelance Brazilian journalist, Luis Miguel Modino Sister Roselei Bertoldo receives international recognition See also Catholic Church Reform International, a global network with more than a hundred groups, with supporters in 65...
Looking back over the year – 2019
Clerical Sex Abuse Scandal Despite the slowness of reforming our Church, some changes are beginning to take place. No doubt, the entire year has been overshadowed by the clergy sex abuse scandal. Tribunals are slowly being established in dioceses around the globe though only headed by laity in not-nearly-enough instances. We’re happy to see Francis lift the papal secrecy rule on this abuse. Follow Australia’s lead, New Zealand implemented own Royal Commission to investigate this matter. So far, 1400 victims have come forward to talk to the Commission. The members plan to have a temporary report out by the end of 2020 and the final by 2023. There is talk among the laity of this also leading to a Plenary Council for this country.
Newsletter – 26 October 2019
Live stream to hear Sr. Joan Chittister and Mary McAleese in conversation On November 2, you can listen to Sister Joan Chittister OSB and Dr Mary McAleese, live in conversation at Dublin's Trinity College. You can live stream this event by clicking...
You are invited to become an active member of CCRI
You are invited to become an active member of CCRI Whether you are a former Catholic no longer affiliated with the institutional Church, or appalled by the clerical sex abuse crisis, feeling excluded due to being divorced and remarried, a young adult who feels that your life issues are not being addressed by the church, wanting something more than just Sunday church, or someone who is seeking a more personal community, we hope that you join us in one or both of two ways that may enhance your own faith experience in today’s world.
Come to the U.S. Peoples Synod
Not since Vatican II has there been a groundswell of bishops willing to respond to the rumblings of the Spirit among the people. Relying on the bishops for initiative is like waiting for Godot. We need more initiative from the grass roots.
The American Catholic Council is organizing such an initiative to give voice to rumblings of the Spirit among the people, picking up on its 2011 conference in Detroit. The first step is to get really good at listening in small groups. Not dialogue as much as listening to one another. It isn’t a conference but a “working weekend” to learn listening skills well enough as a foundation to practice the art of “listening circles” and return home to put them into practice.
Towards Just Gender Relations
Towards Just Gender Relations: Rethinking the Role of Women in Church and Society (Religion and Transformation in Contemporary European Society)Hardcover – 20 May 2019 by Sharon Bong (Editor), Rita Perintfalvi (Editor), & 1 more All over the world there is the...
Statement of the Indian Women Theologians’ Forum (IWTF)
Annual Meeting, 28 April to 1 May 2019
We, the members of Indian Women Theologians Forum, gathered for our annual meeting from 28th April to 1st May 2019 at Good Shepherd Convent Bengaluru, and deliberated on the theme, “Towards a Gender Just Church”.
In India, and across the globe, we see more and more women reclaiming their voice and agency in the secular sphere. Their subjugation, marginalization and exploitation are increasingly being exposed, countered and challenged. Inclusion and diversity are now an essential part of any discourse on gender. The emergence of new movements like the #MeToo campaign, the moves for temple entry, the triple talaq debate and the many initiatives by ecumenical churches that are creating platforms for a collective assertion of the rights of women and sexual minorities are indicative of the decisive steps taken by women on the path towards greater freedom and affirmation of their personhood.
Our Mission
Our mission is (1) to live our baptismal rights and responsibilities by speaking out for the good of the People of God, thereby affirming transformative change in the Catholic Church; (2) to work towards the creation of Small Christian Communities based on the Gospel...
Easter Message-2019
Resurrecting our Church (the Body of Christ today)
The Paschal Mystery is still alive today.
We have countless opportunities to bring new life where there is death. As we live through the death and resurrection of Jesus during this sacred season, let us look inwards to see what each of us can do to be true followers of Jesus and to give new life to our Church. We at CCRI have moved from exerting so much energy into “reforming” the institutional church. Rather, we are focused on “re-founding” our church in the spirit of the early Christians. In that first century after Jesus ascended into Heaven, there were small gatherings of Christians with an anointed leader. They were simply followers of Jesus meeting in catacombs and in Christian homes doing what Jesus asked: remembering him by replicating the last supper. In all likelihood, this gathering was not just 12 men but included women and children as well.
Colm Holmes with We Are Church Ireland commissioned this picture to be painted
Abuse Summit leaves many at risk
Press Release – 27 February 2019
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The Abuse Summit (21-24 Feb 2019) was a disappointment and a missed opportunity.
For over 3 decades clerical child sex abuse scandals have been prominent in several countries (Austria, Germany, USA, Ireland, Australia, Canada, Chile) who have introduced safeguarding measures. These measures have been refined through experience and audits. More recently clerical child sex abuse scandals have surfaced in many other countries (France, Spain, India, etc) and continue to be reported where previously such abuse was kept secret.
The Abuse Summit was therefore an opportunity to share the knowledge and expertise that has been built up so that children in Delhi or Dar es Salaam are as safe as children in Dallas or Dublin. But this did not happen. There was an absence of concrete actions to safeguard children:
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