Correction: Women’s Ordination Worldwide Press Release: Pope Francis Nudges Canon Law in the Right Direction Jan.11.21 | |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 11.21: Women’s
Ordination Worldwide (WOW) welcomes what we consider to be a small step
in the right direction that Pope Francis has taken by changing Canon
law to formally permit women’s service as lectors and acolytes. This
change means that women will now officially stand shoulder to shoulder
with lay men as ministers of communion and lectors at mass and girls can
be altar servers. Until now, official installation in these roles has
been reserved for men and any instances where women have been lectors
and acolytes and girls serving on the altar, they have done so because
it was permitted as an exception and always at the sole discretion of
the local Bishop or priest. This
change opens a door. It means that bishops and pastors around the world
can no longer refuse women the right to these ministries on account of
Canon Law. Bishops can now be held accountable and not given impunity to
discriminate against women even more than the wider Church already
does. ### Women’s Ordination Worldwide Media Contacts: Kate McElwee (USA and Italy): +39 393 692 2100; kmcelwee@womensordination.org Miriam Duignan (Ireland and UK): +44 7970 926910; miriam.duignan@wijngaardsinstitute.com Therese Koturbash (Canada): +1 204 648 5720; t.m.koturbash@gmail.com Alicja Baranowska(Belgium & Poland): +32 488 67 60 20 alicja.baranowska@wp.pl | |
Women's Ordination Worldwide (WOW): Founded in 1996, WOW is an international network of groups whose current mission is the inclusion of Roman Catholic women in all ordained ministries. Founded on the principle of equality, WOW opposes all discrimination. 'There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus'. (Galatians 3:28) |
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