Statements
Women-Church Convergence Welcomes Pope Leo XIV
June 2025
Women-Church Convergence, a coalition of autonomous Catholic-rooted feminist groups working to build just social and ecclesial structures, welcomes Pope Leo XIV as a colleague in ministry and a partner for peace.
We hope that he will walk the path of Pope Francis, Dorothy Day, Hildegard of Bingen, and Brigit of Ireland as an openhearted, openminded pastor in the common struggle for peace in a bellicose world.
We pray that he will embrace the Holy Spirit’s assurance that women, girls and non-binary people are equal to men in love, compassion, and ability and thus eligible for all ordained ministries and decision-making processes in the Roman Catholic Church.
We invite Pope Leo to join people of good will from many starting points who champion equality, diversity and inclusion of the LGBTQIA+ community and who foster safe, abuse-free churches.
We look forward to his collaboration and offer our commitment to work tirelessly on these values that we uphold.
We extend warm wishes for his global ministry.
A Message for the Conclave
From Women-Church Convergence
May 6, 2025
As the College of Cardinals proceeds to select the new Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, the world is yearning for a voice that speaks with love and compassion to
every person
A voice for Peace throughout the world.
A voice for the marginalized in every country.
A voice to save Earth and the cosmos.
A voice to protect innocent children.
A voice that will speak truth to power.
A voice that will call forth and support the gifts of women.
A voice that will model honesty and integrity as a way of living.
A voice that addresses issues that the Synod left unfinished.
A voice that believes freedom is for everyone.
A voice that declares that equity, diversity, and inclusivity must prevail.
A voice that demands and recognizes that women’s truths are part of the whole truth.
As the Conclave proceeds to select the new Pope, all members of the Church should yearn for and expect a process that is inclusive. Without women’s participation, young people’s voices, the views of those who live on the margins, and more, only a tiny fraction of the community is involved and synodal efforts will be in vain. The challenges of this world and the struggles within the Church require full and equal participation from the whole Church. No role in leadership or decision-making should be dependent on a person's gender, gender identity, or sexual preference. Let this be the last exclusive Conclave as a new Church comes into being. The time for a reset is now!
An Open Letter to Catholic Voters and All Voters for Justice in the United States from Women-Church Convergence, July 2020
July 2020
An Open Letter to Catholic Voters and All Voters for Justice in the United States from Women-Church Convergence 
We greet you in the midst of a global pandemic, an economic catastrophe, and a moral emergency. We are women who lead Catholic-rooted organizations and communities. Our hearts are heavy with grief over Covid-19 illness and deaths, with the sting of unemployment and fiscal uncertainty, and especially with the weight of systemic racism and white supremacy that assure that people of color suffer all of these problems in disproportionate ways.
Our organizations struggle to support immigrants, guarantee reproductive justice, eradicate racism, gain women’s and LGBTIQ rights both in church and society, model inclusive community, and nurture ecology. The need for actions beyond words sparks this missive.
As we seek to answer the hard questions about what to do next, our collective mind turns to the November 2020 elections in the United States that will have worldwide repercussions. These elections are the next significant chance we have to stem the tide of injustice and usher in a new era of equality.
Voting is a hard-won and sacred duty. We implore you to VOTE.
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Women-Church Convergence Deplores Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett October 20, 2020
October 21, 2020
Women-Church Convergence Deplores Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett
Women-Church Convergence, a coalition of Catholic-rooted organizations, deplores the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. We have serious concerns about the judgment of any nominee who would collaborate in material ways in such a morally dubious enterprise. The current administration is obviously fulfilling a campaign promise to put justices on the Supreme Court who will overturn Roe v. Wade. To collaborate in such a public corruption of the judicial system is to create scandal.
Amy Coney Barrett is a moral agent capable and responsible for making her own choices. But even the appearance of willingness to sacrifice her own agency and integrity in service of a longstanding conservative, parochial, overweening agenda is deeply troubling to us. Loss of respect and reputation is a high price to pay to achieve a role for which she has been groomed from her student days by conservative Catholic colleagues. Scores of her University of Notre Dame colleagues have called her to step aside for the common good.
Read more: Women-Church Convergence Deplores Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett October 20, 2020
Women-Church Convergence Statement against Gun Violence
The letter below was sent by Members of Women-Church Convergence to the Student Leaders of March for Our Lives in Parkland, Florida.
May 4, 2018
Dear Anti-Gun Violence Leaders,
We, religious feminists rooted in the Catholic tradition, greet, applaud, and join you in your efforts to eradicate gun violence. Your courageous and insightful leadership is making a big difference.
We are deeply impressed by you who remind us of our justice-seeking children in your call for non-violence, an end to false notions of masculinity, and the embrace of all diverse and unique members of our communities. We write to convey our gratitude and pledge our support.
Read more: Women-Church Convergence Statement against Gun Violence