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"Alone, the pope cannot change the world. A pope for the people must have a people for the pope. This initiative gives us a means of being with Pope Francis."
Gaston Roberge, SJ, India
Worldwide Organizations
See the worldwide organizations who are speaking out to Pope Francis about the reform of our Church.
Petitions that have been signed over the years supporting similar reforms.
Catholic Church Reform Int'l - a Global Network of more than a hundred reform groups and individuals from 65 countries. If you would like to collaborate with us to continue on the path set by Vatican II, you have come to the right place. Welcome!
If there is to be any reform of any kind in the Catholic Church, it must begin with the people having a voice.
The need has never been greater than it is at this moment in time for the People of God to unite our voices so as to be strong enough to be heard in our Church. Our special advisor, Sr. Joan Chittister, reminds us: "Until we raise a common voice we will not only not be heard, we will not even be listened to in the light of larger issues and larger groups, all clamoring for attention."
Praying at home during this Coronavirus Holy Week
You can divide religions into those that are most at home in the large public space and those which are most at home in the domestic space. For most Christians the choice has never been visible: they own many big buildings – and that is where religion takes place. If it takes place elsewhere, that is really just ‘a follow up.’ Christians seem to like big public statements.
But it is startling to recall that the original eucharistic meals – where the followers of Jesus wanted to be distinctive from their fellow Jews – took place in their homes.
‘Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke the loaf at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts’ (Acts 2:46).
In this domestic scale, they were in tune with their Jewish roots. Every meal was to be an occasion at which those gathered blessed God (Dt 8:10); the weekly meal with which the Sabbath began was a special act of praise, and the most special night of the year is Passover meal when God’s liberating deeds are recalled around the table. This year – in most places – Christians are going to have to rediscover this domestic liturgical space.
Read more: Praying at home during this Coronavirus Holy Week
A Home Liturgy for Palm Sunday 2020
If you have a garden and can get some greenery, then get enough to give a piece to each person in isolation with you.
If you cannot cut some greenery but have a potted plant, place that on the table – it will remind you and anyone with you of the strange year we are in.
Sit down around the table you are normally at for meals. If you do not have such a common table, then sit around where you normally eat.
Sisters and brothers, this Sunday we gather as individual households or alone in our homes. In all instances God is with us, the Christ is among us, and the Church is at prayer. This prayer resource is for you this Sunday.
Catholic Women Striking from Church Involvement during the Month of May
Women are the lifeblood of the Church
We will make our presence known by our absence!
It is time to boycott the institutional Church. If women stopped showing up for Church, stopped working for the diocese, stopped donating, the institution would screech to a halt. Women must refuse to participate in our own oppression. Without women, the pews and the collection baskets would be nearly empty.
Starting on May 3 (World Day of Prayer for Vocations), the entire month of May will launch coordinated, global, prophetic demonstrations or witnesses demanding women's equality in the Roman Catholic Church through strikes, re-directions of resources, and radical acts.
We find inspiration and hope in the Maria 2.0 movement that started last May in Germany, and continues to be a witness for equality through demonstrations and courageous dialogue for women in the German Church. We are strengthened by the support of numerous other reform organizations in this effort and we ourselves are joining in this movement.
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 encouraged to take part in this action. Click this link for more details and listings of those already set up in different cities. If you or your organization would be interested in organizing such an event in your city, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Spread the word
Click to listen to the CCRI podcast with Virginia Saldanha speaking about the role of women in the Church today. Please promote this interview with your circle of contacts to support Voices of Faith and other reform organizations in asking the lay Faithful to stand in solidarity with women in the Church by wearing white this Sunday, March 8, 2020.
Your donations and contributions of ideas are most appreciated
Grateful to all for your donations and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. It is beyond time that we rise up and shout out that women must be recognized as equals in the Catholic Church.
Rene Reid
CCRI, director