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Press release Rome / Lisbon / Munich, November 30, 2010  

We Are Church: The Pope's book "Light of the world" brings too little light to the world

A new approach to the use of condoms is only a first step and should be followed by a fundamental revision of the Church’s sexual teaching.

The International Movement We are Church welcomes the fact that the Pope in his new book "Light of the world" has ended the Church’s total ban on condom use. However, the acknowledgment by the leader of the Roman Catholic Church that condoms are a critical means to prevent the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections is long overdue.

Catholic Voices for Reform is a new British grouping of concerned Catholics who believe that it is essential that the Church undergoes a process of reform.

Some IMWAC groups, along with other Catholic renewal movements, have signed the following statement:

Some more news about this issue:

• Vatican Revises Abuse Process, but Causes Stir
• Vatican Equates Women's Ordination with Priest Pedophilia?
• Women priests and sex abuse not equal crimes: Vatican

Statement at the closing of the Year of the Priest:

Vigil Calling on Pope to Ordain Women

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ROME, ITALY – Today, at 11:00 o’clock in the office of redazione di ADISTA, Via Acciaioli 7, 00186 Roma, representatives of Catholic organizations from around the world called for the full and equal participation of women in the Roman Catholic Church, including ordination as deacons, priests and bishops. The remarks came during a press conference held by Women’s Ordination Worldwide and other pro-ordination groups held in Rome to protest the Vatican’s “Year for Priests” celebration, which begins tomorrow.  After the press conference, the groups staged a vigil in St. Peter’s Square.

“The absolute hypocrisy of the ‘Year for Priests’ celebration cuts to the core of what is wrong with the hierarchy today,” said Erin Saiz Hanna, executive director of the U.S. based Women’s Ordination Conference.  “The Vatican is all too happy to turn a blind eye when men in its ranks destroy the lives of children and families, but jumps at the chance to excommunicate women who, in good conscience, are prophetically answering their call to ordination and responding to needs of their communities.”