#Women

Rachel Goldberg-Polin (Hostage Families’ Forum, Israel): “Our tears are of the same colour. Suffering is not a competition”

Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of Hersh, kidnapped and killed by Hamas, met with world leaders and Pope Francis to save her…

Germany: share of women increases in leading administrative positions in German dioceses

8 March: European Commission, roadmap set out ahead of International Women’s Day

Austria: first woman appointed Episcopal Vicar in the country is pastoral theologian Barbara Velik-Frank

The Christian commitment to healing man-woman relationship

Christians today are called to make an important contribution to the healing of relations between men and women. They have…

Abortion: Fr Barrios Prieto (COMECE) on vote by European Parliament on Resolution, “unacceptable and groundless”

Council of Europe: Pejcinovic Buric, “Roma and Traveller women and girls encounter critical barriers while being pillars of their families and communities”

Eight March: Von der Leyen (EU Commission), “there can be no equality without freedom from violence”

Ukraine. Donatella Rafanelli: “This country will have a future also thanks to its women’s courage”

On the occasion of International Women’s Day on 8 March, Donatella Rafanelli, an Italian member of the Focolari Movement who…

Israel and Hamas. Nili Bar Sinai (Kibbutz Be’eri): “On women and the education they give their children lies the future of both peoples”

What is the role of women in a situation of war? The testimony of a 73-year-old psychologist, a survivor of…

Eight March: Austria, Tödtling-Musenbichler (Caritas President) calls for better protection against violence against women