Women's prayer

In April, following the Pope’s Prayer Intentions for 2024, we pray “For the role of women”. “Let us pray”, asks Francis, “that the dignity and richness of women be recognized in every culture, and that the discrimination they face in various parts of the world may cease. “However, does prayer ... PDF

02 March 2024

Giving the floor to men

The women issue in the Church

In this issue, the men do the talking. To coincide with March 8, the date on which by long tradition we celebrate Women’s Day, it is their turn to talk about the role and importance that “the second sex” has had on their lives, in the building of their faith, on their religious journey. It is ... PDF

03 February 2024

Consecrated today

In February, as the Church commemorates the Day of Consecrated Life, Women Church World delves into the emergence of new religious communities for women and the motivations behind a woman's decision to establish a congregation, monastery, or church family in contemporary times. This state of life, ... PDF

05 January 2024

The ways of art

This month’s issue of Women Church World reports on female artists and their relationship with the sacred. This journey commences with those who had been famous and sought after in their time, then long forgotten, only to return to the limelight in the 20th century. These talented and skillful women ... PDF

02 December 2023

Migrant motherhood

The photo of Fati and Marie lying lifeless on the sand has been seen throughout the world: a mother and daughter who died of thirst and hardship somewhere in the desert between Tunisia and Libya. This is a desert that Moroccan journalist Karima Moual describes as “a war frontline without bombs; a ... PDF

04 November 2023

From silence to the word

The first session of the Synod on Synodality -at which 54 women had voting rights-, has just concluded in Rome. A second Synod is going to take place in October 2024; exactly sixty years since 23 women entered Vatican Council II. In 1964, there were 10 female religious and 13 laywomen. However, on ... PDF