May 25, 2022
If Roe Falls, How Should Progressive Catholics Respond?
Session Two: Making a Faith-based Case for Supporting Abortion Access
Catholic Organizations for Renewal welcomes a panel of experts to discuss the social justice issues at stake if Roe should fall: Rev. Kenyetta Chinwe introduces the reproductive justice framework; Dr. Jennifer Villavicencio, M.D. shares her journey from being an anti-choice activist to becoming a doctor who provides abortion care; Dr. Diana Greene Foster, Ph.D. discusses the findings of her book The Turnaway Study, which examines the economic and social consequences of being denied a wanted abortion; and Katherine Stewart, author of The Power Worshippers, will explores white-supremacist roots of the modern anti-abortion movement.
May 18, 2022
If Roe Falls, How Should Progressive Catholics Respond?
Session One: The Complex History of Church Teaching
Catholic Organizations for Renewal (COR) welcomes Jamie L. Manson, President of Catholics for Choice (a member organization), who explores the complex history of the Catholic Church’s teaching on abortion and offers theological directions and openings to help discern and articulate responses to reproductive rights.
September 22, 2021
Can the Catholic Church Free Itself from Clericalism?
Catholic Organizations for Renewal (COR) welcomes James Carroll, Andrea Johnson, and Richard Gaillardetz for this important conversation on clericalism in the Catholic Church.
June 16, 2021
BreadNotStones: Catholic Renewal Groups Oppose Weaponization of Holy Communion
Seven lay-led Catholic renewal groups, opposed to the weaponization of Holy Communion by a faction of the United States Conference for Catholic Bishops, host a video conference for the media in advance of the USCCB’s upcoming June meeting. Speakers focus on numerous occasions when Catholic people—especially women and LGBTQI people—have asked the bishops for bread, only to be given stones (Matthew 7:9).