A Church for our Daughters

We are pleased to bring you news of a vibrant new website: A Church for our Daughters.  This is a grassroots campaign by more than two dozen organisations in the United States seeking signatures to their petition to the US Bishops’ Conference for their June...

The pontificate might be stuck in the mud

Francis must now accelerate his ongoing reform and development of the Synod of Bishops so that, by law, it becomes the primary structure to assist the Bishop of Rome in his ministry of universal governance. The monarchical model on which it is currently based is not...

Fr Hans Küng appreciates our support

Dear René Reid, Thank you for your kind mail. Personally I do not strive for an official rehabilitation, but I appreciate your sympathy and loyalty and welcome your initiative. The Pope’s fraternal response to my »Appeal« may encourage you. With all good wishes, Hans...

Pope Francis: Clericalism distorts the Church

(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis said Tuesday that the clergy should serve lay people and not make use of them and spoke out against clericalism, calling it one of the greatest distortions affecting the Church in Latin America. His comments came in a wide-ranging letter...