WUCWO - The World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations

Sister Simona Brambilla is the Vatican's first female prefect

Sister Simona Brambilla (Vatican News)On 6 January Pope Francis appointed Sister Simona Brambilla, former Superior General of the Consolata Missionary Sisters in Italy, as Prefect of the[...]

Migrant women: institutional strengthening

Institutional strengthening as a tool to contribute to the comprehensive care of migrant women in MexicoAs part of the activities around the project "Migrant women´s access to justice in[...]

Monthly message December 2024

Let us be drawn to hope! Dear WUCWO friends, there is no doubt that time flies and, almost without realising it, the year is almost over. A year undoubtedly with many challenges[...]

"Device-Free Family Meals" Campaign

As Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Holy See’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva declared: “The family, after all, is, in many[...]

Message from the Ecclesiastical Assistant for Advent

Pastoral reflection for Advent"Blessed the one whose hope is in the LORD, his God," (Psalm 146:5).We spend a large part of our lives slumbering, without real awareness of what is going on[...]

Art for Mediatation - December 2024

Heinrich Aldegrever (Paderborn 1502 - Soest ca. 1560), The Joy, 1549, engraving on paper, 7.2 x 5.2 cm, Paris, Musée du Louvre The Virtues: Joy We end our presentation of the[...]

Launch of the #WucwoPlantingHope Campaign

In response to Pope Francis' urgent call to action in the Laudato Si encyclical, the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations (WUCWO) has launched a new campaign called "WUCWO Planting[...]

Association of Catholic Women in Tanzania WAWATA visits the Parliament

WAWATA At the Ministry of Community Development Gender Elderly and Children MCDGEC Tanzania

WAWATA with the General Secretary for the Ministry of Community Development, gender, women and special groups, Dr Shekilage, and his Deputy, Felister MdemuThe Association of Catholic[...]

WUCWO commits itself against sexual violence

WUCWO's General President, Monica Santamarina, on behalf of all the women who are part of WUCWO, participated in the symposium on conflict-related sexual violence, organised by the UK Embassy to[...]

UK member organisations receive the President General

On 26 and 27 October, Mónica Santamarina, President General, and Lavinia Rocchi Carrera, Secretary General, paid an official visit to WUCWO member organisations in the United Kingdom[...]

What can we expect from the Synod?

"The problems of today's world call for new solutions and the Church must be prepared to offer them at all levels. For this, it must have the valuable and essential, full and co-responsible[...]

FAO: World Food Day 2024

On October 10 2024, the Permanent Mission of the Holy See to FAO, IFAD, and WFP together with the Forum Roma of Catholic Inspired NGOs held a seminar to celebrate World Food Day 2024[...]